Aug 21, 2025
Southern Water awards €18.6m contract to upgrade key wastewater treatment sites
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 20, 2025
Pipelines
A fatberg the size of a blue whale has been successfully removed from a major trunk sewer in Oxford in the UK, following a complex two-week operation by Thames Water.
Weighing in at 120 tonnes and stretching more than a kilometre underground, the congealed mass of fat, oil, grease and wet wipes was lodged 20 metres below ground, posing significant challenges to the teams... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 20, 2025
Pumps
On Hawaii’s Big Island, a forward-thinking wastewater treatment project has successfully introduced a compact aeration and clarification solution that ensures environmental protection while extending the life of aging infrastructure.
Many smaller treatment plants process less than 500,000 gallons per day and often operate with just one aeration pond, one clarifier,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 19, 2025
Pumps
A wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Southern California needed to replace a diaphragm metering pump that injects ferrous chlorate into a transfer line that feeds municipal sludge to the plant’s digesters.
Its existing pump was not able to overcome the line pressure to inject the proper amount of ferrous chlorate required for the process. The new pump selected easily... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 6, 2025
Pipelines
United Utilities has reached the momentous halfway point in its Vyrnwy Aqueduct Modernisation Programme (VAMP), upgrading 139 km of pipes that serve water to a million customers across Cheshire and Merseyside.
The Vyrnwy Aqueduct consists of three parallel pipes that run from Lake Vyrnwy through to Merseyside, and account for an impressive 12% of our raw water through... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 4, 2025
Pumps
A major NHS hospital in the Midlands has cut its annual operational costs by £750,000 after replacing its outdated sewage pumping system with a new high-efficiency setup designed and installed by pump specialists Dura Pump.
The hospital had long struggled with frequent blockages caused by fats, oils, greases, and debris - leading to costly downtime and reliance on tankers... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 15, 2025
Pipelines
United Utilities is set to invest £215 million (€248 million) improving water quality around Tameside over the next five years.
The company is set to upgrade three of its treatment works and reduce the number of times that up to 20 storm overflows in the area operate, with the first project set to start later this year.
At Dukinfield Wastewater treatment works,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 11, 2025
Pipelines
A major new wastewater treatment facility has opened in the coastal town of Sète, France.
The Eaux Blanches plant, inaugurated on 14 June is designed to manage growing wastewater needs and act as a flagship project in the use of biomethane as a clean energy source.
With an investment of more than €64 million, the project was led by Sète agglopôle méditerranée,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 9, 2025
Pipelines
Collaborative innovation project River Deep Mountain AI (RDMAI) has announced the open-source release of a suite of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models set to transform the way water quality data is collected and used.
Funded by Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge and led by Northumbrian Water, with Spring Innovation as the knowledge-sharing... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 7, 2025
Pipelines
Veolia has built one of the largest PFAS treatment systems in the United States and the largest of its kind in the Northeast at a time when water is more vital than ever for public health and environmental protection.
The Stanton Water Treatment Plant will remove regulated PFAS compounds from drinking water and ensure high-quality drinking water for over 100,000 residents,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 4, 2025
Pumps
When Cranswick Country Foods Fresh Poultry was looking for a new centrifuge to increase capacity and processing efficiency at a wastewater treatment plant at their Yaxley production plant, they turned to the Hiller model DP45-422VAHYAC centrifuge from MSE Hiller.
Cranswick’s old centrifuge system had become mechanically unreliable, difficult to maintain and was no longer... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 27, 2025
Pumps
STORTEC Engineering Limited, a leading specialist contractor for liquid storage, biogas and mechanical solutions, has won a major order to design and build digesters and a hydrolysis tank for a new food-waste-to-energy facility in Australia.
Utilising the latest material selection, STORTEC’s Ultrastore stainless steel tanks offer extended asset life whilst supporting... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 23, 2025
Pumps
Smith & Loveless has highlighted its EVERLAST™ Series CAPSULAR® Above-Ground Pump Station, a pre-engineered wastewater pumping solution.
Engineered for above-ground installation, the CAPSULAR® Above-Ground Pump Station eliminates confined space hazards and minimises field labour with its factory-built and tested construction, making it a safe and efficient choice... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 19, 2025
Pipelines
Aquatech has acquired Singapore-based Century Water, which focuses on ultrapure process water and wastewater recycling solutions with a focus on the semiconductor and advanced manufacturing sectors.
Century will become Aquatech's centre of excellence for high-tech industries, with a focus on providing the global semiconductor industry with high-purity water technology,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 11, 2025
Pumps
Atlas Copco’s footprint and expertise have improved critical dewatering operations on a strategic infrastructure project in the Philippines.
The Dipolog-Dapitan bridge project is one of several development initiatives on the island of Mindanao, intended to boost economic growth in the region. Despite high levels of rainfall, safe working conditions have been maintained... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 6, 2025
Other
Thames Water has suffered a major blow in its attempt to secure its future after US private equity giant KKR pulled out of plans to buy the company.
KKR had been selected as the preferred partner to inject £4 billion (€4.7 billion) of much-needed cash into the UK's biggest water company.
The setback increases the possibility that the company will collapse into a government-supervised... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 28, 2025
Pipelines
Argent Energy’s programme of sustainable waste management has taken a step forward with the successful commissioning of its second Wastewater Membrane BioReactor (MBR).
This milestone ensures that all of the company’s production sites are now equipped with fully operational MBR systems, with each plant now recycling all process water.
The new MBR is located at... [Read More]
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