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6 finalist projects in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2020

06-08-2020
Stockholm Junior Water Prize

This year’s finalists in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize are taking on the most challenging water issues in the world, with impressive results. In Bolivia, students are helping their community by teaching low-income families how to purify water using coconut shells. In the Republic of Korea, two students have discovered how to remove heavy …

Alpes Lasers develops ultrafast sensor to tackle toxic wastewater

06-08-2020
Alpes Lasers, wastewater treatment, water monitoring

Harmful wastewater is created when, for example, crude oil is refined A new laser-based sensor for detecting minute traces of toxic substances in wastewater is currently in development by a consortium of European scientists, led by Swiss company Alpes Lasers. Researchers from Alpes Lasers have teamed up with a group of oil industry partners …

Jacobs applauded for best-in-class digital water solutions and robust partner network

06-08-2020
Jacobs, digital twins, smart technology, water and wastewater

Based on its recent analysis of the global digital water consulting services market, Frost & Sullivan recognises Jacobs with 2020 Global Company of the Year Award for transitioning from an engineering and construction firm to a global technology-forward solutions company. With an emphasis on sustainability, Jacobs …

Evoqua Water Technologies reports third quarter 2020 results

05-08-2020
Evoqua Water Technologies, financial report

Evoqua Water Technologies has reported results for its third quarter ended June 30, 2020. Revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 were $347.8 million, a decrease of 3.5% as compared to the prior year period. The change in revenue was driven primarily by the net impact of acquisitions and the divestiture of the Memcor product line, which …

Manchester City’s Agüero, Foden, Sterling and others feature in new film highlighting the growing threat of global water shortages

30-07-2020
Xylem, water monitoring, campaign

Manchester City stars Sergio Agüero, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling all feature in an emotive new short film that aims to bring home the reality of the global water crisis to football fans across the world. Released on World Conservation Day, ‘The End of Football’ is the latest campaign by global water …

Major role for wastewater epidemiology in tackling COVID-19

30-07-2020
webinar, COVID-19, information, water industry, water monitoring

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has a significant part to play in identifying ‘silent’ COVID-19 cases in the community, research presented at the latest Water Action Platform webinar demonstrates. The regular webinars, which are open to all, are hosted by Isle chairman Dr Piers Clark and look at the new coronavirus and global …

Wastewater treatment facility uses plants to remove phosphorus

29-07-2020
wastewater treatment, phosphorus, chemicals, water treatment

The Fleming Island Wastewater Treatment Facility is using plants as part of a demonstration project to remove phosphorus from wastewater that eventually heads toward the Clay County lake. For the past 36 years, give or take a few, algae has been heavily prevalent at the lake, covering the water in blooms which sometimes release toxins and pose …

Toray’s high-surface-area ultrafiltration membrane modules selected at large-scale water treatment facilities

29-07-2020
Toray, UF membrane, ultrafiltration, water treatment, wastewater treatment, China

Toray Industries, Inc. has announced that a large-scale wastewater treatment facility has started purifying water with Toray's latest UF membrane technology. The wastewater facility located in Wuxi New District, an industrial park in Wuxi, China, was built by GreenTech Environmental Co., Ltd., a leading provider of advanced membrane treatment …

PUB awards S$449 million domestic liquids modules contract for Tuas Water Reclamation Plant

28-07-2020
Singapore, PUB, water industry, water treatment, wastewater treatment, water reclamation

PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, has appointed Sinohydro Corporation Limited (Singapore Branch) to construct the civil and structural components of Domestic Liquids Modules (DLMs) for the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (WRP). The contract is valued at S$449.6 million. Tuas WRP, a key component of PUB’s Deep Tunnel Sewerage …

“Wrap, trap and zap” kills superbugs in wastewater

28-07-2020
graphene, wastewater treatment, water treatment

A shield of graphene helps particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and free-floating antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants, researchers report. The researchers have worked toward quenching antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” since first finding them in wastewater treatment plants in 2013. Their new work …

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