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Beyond the Stockholm Convention: new regulations targeting PFAS
A proposal to ban the manufacture, import and use of PFAS in Europe, with a few exceptions, is currently being debated at the European Commission. Sona Dadhania of market intelligence firm IDTechEx...
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New COO for PFAS removal expert
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Puraffinity. Puraffinity, which develops precision technology for the removal of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across multiple water...
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The role of greywater recycling in ecological conservation
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Castle Water. Greywater recycling systems are being used in homes and businesses all over the UK in an effort to reduce water...
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Endotoxin detection technology drastically cuts time for assessing water...
An important advance is claimed for a technology that allows water quality to be assessed in a matter of minutes. The new Bacterisk technology was developed by Molendotech (https://molendotech.com/),...
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UK biotech start-up deploys ‘synthetic oysters’ to tackle water pollution
Smart Ops technology has fulfilled the requirements of a significant environment technology verification programme administered by the Indian government, in an apparent first for a water-treatment...
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Water quality in international spotlight at Aberdeen event
Experts in water quality from 17 different countries will be descending on Aberdeen next week for a three-day international workshop. The event, being co-led by and held at The James Hutton Institute,...
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Microsoft and Apple among winners of Lighthouse Awards
Paulina Concha Larrauri, water program manager at Microsoft and Victoria Edwards (r), founder and chief executive of FIDO Tech, receive their Lighthouse Award for deployment of AI in leak detection...
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Planetary-scale innovation at BlueTech Forum
A trip to the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. An applied research project in Scotland involving the use of Earth observation science (EOS) in multiple water applications was just one of the many...
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Scottish Water monitoring project wins award for Xylem
The awards ceremony on 4 July. A ground-breaking project that is enabling continuous remote monitoring of a 16km trunk main has been recognised at the Water Industry Awards. The Blairlinnans SoundPrint...
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Kansas City adopts acoustic leak detection technology for fire hydrants
An acoustic fixed-base pipe monitoring technology that uses fire hydrants to host multi-sensor devices, has already found more than 30 leaks for Kansas City Water, says Lou Rossetti senior vice...
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Water scarcity drove steam power adoption during Industrial Revolution, new...
Cotton Mills in Ancoats (image credit: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0 license). A groundbreaking new reconstruction of 19th-century Britain’s water resources has revealed how limited access to waterpower...
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Key Scottish sectors warned of doubling of drought events by 2050
Scottish river in low flow (image credit: Paul Glendell). New research appears to find that the number of water scarcity events in Scotland could double by 2050, presenting a need for key industries to...
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Metal organic frameworks provide compact atmospheric water harvesting
Mechanical engineers Nathan Ortiz, left, and Professor Sameer Rao of the University of Utah have developed the prototype device (image credit: Dan Hixson, University of Utah). Existing technologies for...
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Improving infrastructure planning is essential to delivery
Sharon Darcy is chair of the Linear Infrastructure Planning Panel and an independent non-executive board member at Portsmouth Water. The water sector needs to build infrastructure at scale over the...
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Pipeline pressure testing standard sets precedent
Tony Kitchen is technical director at AHS Pipeline Innovation. Regulations for hydrostatic pressure testing have taken a significant step forward with the release of Water UK’s Water Industry Standard...
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Water leaders talk environmental scrutiny and infrastructure needs in new...
Helen Wakeham is the EA’s director of water. The Environment Agency’s director of water, Helen Wakeham, has discussed plans to increase scrutiny of water companies in England and Wales in a new water...
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Membranes based on natural silk and cellulose can remove PFAS
Image of an example of the filter (image credit: Yilin Zhang and Benedetto Marelli). A new filtration material developed by researchers at MIT might provide a nature-based solution to PFAS...
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PFAS removal technology firm appoints new CEO and secures £6.73 million
Vincent Caillaud (left) and Henrik Hagemann (right). Puraffinity, a start-up developing technologies which remove PFAS from water, has announced plans to scale, following the appointment of Vincent...
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Royal Society of Chemistry commends new PFAS limits, but says more to be done
The Royal Society of Chemistry has welcomed the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s decision to apply stricter limits on PFAS levels allowed in English and Welsh drinking water but cautions there is more...
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More action needed to protect future water resources, says EA
Water pipes for drinking water supply are visible on a construction site: The EA said 19% of water supplies are still being lost due to leakage before reaching consumers. Almost a fifth (19%) of water...
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