Utility chooses algae monitor
United Utilities has chosen Chelsea Technologies' ALGAE-Wader Pro and ALGAE-Station Pro systems to assist them in real time assessment of algae levels in the...
Continuous monitoring at EfW plant
Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) has supplied two water quality monitoring stations to a waste-to-energy facility in the NE of England.
Arqiva to run Anglian Water smart metering network trial
Communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva announced on 6 July that it has been selected by Anglian Water to deliver and monitor a...
Imaging method offers promise for cyanobacteria quantification
A group from the civil engineering department at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) have demonstrated a novel, imaging-driven technique that provides high accuracy quantification of cyanobacteria
Database promises to speed water screening
A public database developed by German water screening specialists promises to make it easier and faster for screening laboratories to identify unknown molecules in...
USVs set to collect water pollution data in SW England pilot
A consortium of British marine technology companies has secured Innovate UK funding to deploy non-invasive Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) for water quality monitoring in...
New robot for fully automatic water analysis
UK laboratories are under increasing pressure to undertake a wider range of tests; to test more samples, and often to do so with less staff.
Technology firm demos DO measurement
ABB will be demonstrating its latest technologies for water measurement and environmental monitoring at the WWEM exhibition. With tightening legislation around the quality of...
Auto-analysers go on show at WWEM
For many analysts, WWEM 2018 will be the first opportunity to see SEAL Analytical’s latest autoanalyzer, the AA500, a fully automated, high throughput, segmented...
EU project to develop sensor systems for the tracing of synthetic drug laboratories via...
An EU-wide collaborative project, microMole, aims to design and develop a standalone sensor system that will track down the production of illicit substances by...
Scottish utility water testers’ robotic helping hand
An Edinburgh science hub has a new helping hand – a-state-of-the art automated robot which is being used to test water quality.
The...
Sponsored content: Continuous monitoring and control of effluent from a soft drinks manufacturing...
A firm specialising in instrumentation for the water and wastewater sector, Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) was approached by a major soft drinks manufacturer...
How old is that microplastic? A new way to estimate the age of microplastics...
Researchers have developed a new way to estimate the age of microplastics found in the upper oceans. The method involves a combination of analyzing...
New water toxicity-testing technology ready to scale down for field use
A new nanotechnology process developed by Oxford University research scientists has seemingly been proven to simplify and reduce the cost of testing water for...
Science award for biomaterial that filters out micro-pollutants
A granular adsorbent capable of the specific binding and removing of target micro-pollutants from wastewater has won a prestigious materials science award.
Apparently capable of...
Radar level sensors at “a competitive price” announced by measurement firm
Measurement technology firm Vega has introduced a new Bluetooth radar level sensor aimed at the water and wastewater sectors. The VEGAPULS WL S 61...
Vision technology measures water quality from space
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way to assess the quality of water on Earth from space by using satellite technology that...
Cost-effective biosensor for cryptosporidium?
A biosensor developed at the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Okanagan campus is claimed to offer a novel and low-cost technique to quickly and accurately detect cryptosporidium contamination in water samples .
What is the potential scope for real-time control in the UK water industry?
By Andrew Thornton, Head of Project Development (Northern Europe) with water quality expert and equipment manufacturer Hach.
With the soaring cost of energy and chemicals...
Accurate samplers assist with compliance
The ProSample series of fully automated samplers from YSI (a Xylem brand) is said to provide operators of wastewater facilities with reliable data to...
