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Do or dye: Synthetic colours in wastewater pose a threat to food chains...
The ecological and health threats of synthetic dyes entering wastewater systems have been detailed in a new study, which calls for new laws worldwide on water management, and urgent investment in new...
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Trade effluent monitoring in Essex
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM). Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) has engineered a bespoke analytical water...
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Comment: Agriculture and pharma key to solving micropollutants problem
Dr Pablo Campo Moreno is a senior lecturer in applied chemistry at Cranfield University’s water science institute. In the face of growing public concern about the presence of micropollutants in water...
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Comment: PFAS removal – we already have the technology
Beatrice Martin is business development manager, head of water resources, Xylem UK. The issue of PFAS contamination of drinking water sources has been under the media spotlight in recent weeks,...
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Innovation would help find more chemicals in water, say conference speakers
At the British Water Micropollutants Conference 2024, which took place in London on 8 February, keynote speakers from the UK’s Environment Agency called for a cross-industry approach to tackling the...
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Utilities should prepare ahead of mandatory monitoring
Darren Hanson is director of environmental solutions with Xylem. Healthier rivers will be one outcome of implementation of the Environment Act 21, writes Darren Hanson of water technology firm Xylem....
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New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of...
Yu Huang sampling for freshwater health analysis in Brighton (image credit: Jeremy Fonvielle/ University of Cambridge). The source of pollutants in rivers and freshwater lakes can now be identified...
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Call to make London a ‘sponge city’
The River Rom in Dagenham, East London (image credit: ©Thames21). London will need to urgently become a ‘sponge city’ – a city better designed to absorb and hold rainwater – in order to ward off the...
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Pharma pollution alarm
In an article published in Nature Sustainability, researchers warn that discharges to the environment during drug production, use and disposal have resulted in ecosystems around the globe being...
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Landmark sewage ruling means water companies could face legal challenges over...
A landmark Supreme Court judgment on 2 July could open up new legal avenues for water companies to be sued for sewage dumping incidents. The ruling, described as a “sensational victory” by...
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40 tonnes of bee-harming neonics a year flow through Asia’s longest river
More than 40 tonnes of bee-harming neonicotinoid insecticides, known as neonics, have been estimated to be flowing through Asia’s longest river every year, according to a new study published by...
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Unregulated fracking poses water risks in India, warns study
Aerial view of a hydraulic fracturing site. India’s plans to scale up fracking operations without robust regulations could spell disaster for the country’s finely balanced water security, according to...
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UKWIR research programme aims to transform sewerage management
Sewage pollution in surface waters in the UK and Ireland is one of the most high-profile environmental issues in the country. Water industry research organisation UKWIR says it is leading a raft of...
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Researchers say chemical cocktail of micropollutants amplified the effect of...
International research team say they have identified more than 120 organic micropollutants and investigated their role in damaging aquatic organisms Tonnes of dead fish, mussels and snails were seen...
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New online tool launched to help investigate river health in Oxford
The Oxford Rivers Portal, a website and map that helps people understand the health of the Thames and its tributaries in Oxfordshire and make informed choices about safer river conditions, has been...
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