Removing Pharmaceuticals from Water Supplies Is a Major Challenge for the Wastewater Treatment Industry

Removing Pharmaceuticals from Water Supplies Is a Major Challenge for the Wastewater Treatment Industry

The current EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is more than 30 years old, and it has made dramatic improvements to the water quality in European rivers, lakes and seas. However, several pollution challenges remain and are not covered by the current legislation. One of the most prominent is pharmaceutical residues, which are having a detrimental […]

Valmet Launches Polymer Concentration Measurement for Municipal and Industrial Wastewater

Valmet Launches Polymer Concentration Measurement for Municipal and Industrial Wastewater

Valmet introduces the new Valmet Polymer Concentration Measurement (Valmet PCM), which is the first advanced optical inline polymer measurement for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, as well as pulp and paper processes. Real-time, continuous polymer concentration data creates new opportunities for process optimization, such as more accurate polymer dosage, savings in polymer usage, faster reaction […]

Franklin Electric Acquires U.S. Groundwater Distribution Company

Franklin Electric Acquires U.S. Groundwater Distribution Company

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. announced that on December 31, 2023, its wholly owned subsidiary Headwater Companies, LLC acquired substantially all of the assets of LCA Pump, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company, which operates Water Works Pump. Water Works is a professional groundwater distributor located in Springfield, MO, and will operate as a branch of […]

Hybrid-SAF Technology Selected for Sensitive Scottish Site

Hybrid-SAF Technology Selected for Sensitive Scottish Site

Technology from wastewater treatment specialist WCS Environmental Engineering (WCSEE) has been selected by Scottish Water to deliver a tightened ammonia removal consent at a village treatment works. The updated consent has led the public utility to upgrade Edgehead wastewater treatment works (WwTW) in Midlothian, east of Edinburgh. The upgrade will involve the delivery and installation […]

Anglian Water Expands Transformative AI Technology Trial

Anglian Water Expands Transformative AI Technology Trial

Following the successful pilot of its digital asset management technology with Anglian Water, Norwegian digital analytics company, InfoTiles, is embarking on an expanded proof of concept programme. The on-going collaboration with the UK utility will use its artificial intelligence (AI) driven software to manage roughly 317 biofilters, along with pumps and valves, and will be […]

ATLAS COPCO GROUP COMPLETES THE ACQUISITION OF AUSTRALIAN DEWATERING PUMP MANUFACTURER

Atlas Copco Group Completes the Acquisition of Australian Dewatering Pump Manufacturer

Atlas Copco Group has completed the acquisition of Sykes Group Pty Ltd (Sykes) from Seven Group Holdings Ltd (SGH), a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Sykes is a global manufacturer of dewatering pumps, predominantly used for transferring water with solids and abrasive nature within the mining and wastewater sectors. It is headquartered […]

Uniwater Acquires Tonisco: Expanding the Group’s Services within Pressurised Pipe Systems

Uniwater Acquires Tonisco: Expanding the Group’s Services within Pressurised Pipe Systems

The water and wastewater group Uniwater grows further with the acquisition of Tonisco. Tonisco is based in Finland and offers maintenance services and products for hot tapping and line stopping within water, water treatment, district heating and cooling, and industry. The acquisition marks an important geographical expansion for Uniwater, which strengthens its presence even further […]

INNOVATION MODEL WILL ACCELERATE WATER COMPANY TRIALS

Innovation Model Will Accelerate Water Company Trials

An updated innovation accelerator has been launched by Spring as part of a multi-year effort to remove the barriers to mobilising trials at pace within the water sector. The new Spring Accelerator calls for implementable innovations for water companies to trial, progress and adopt in collaboration, working to deliver ambitions set out in the 2050 […]

INAUGURATION IN AUSTRALIA

Inauguration in Australia

Endress+Hauser has inaugurated a new sales building in Sydney, Australia. This underlines the Group’s commitment in the region to improve support for customers and to grow market presence. The new headquarters of the Australian sales and service center is located on the outskirts of Sydney in New South Wales. The inauguration took place on 3 […]