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Smart solution for reducing benzene emissions in wastewater
An oil refinery in Rotterdam’s harbor needed a 70m3/h water treatment plant for a period of three years, to reduce airborne benzene emissions from the existing…
New tech to treat farm slurry and produce fertiliser trialled
The UK’s water treatment industry has been keeping a keen eye on an upcoming technology that promises to revolutionise the way we treat wastewater, all without…
Reduced Waste Disposal Costs; Cleaner Effluent
A chemical company in North Brabant that discharges its waste water into the sewer was confronted with stricter discharge requirements, more extensive treatment of the their…
OMEX Agriculture Ltd to pay £510,190 for wiping out over 135,000 fish
A faulty pipe leaked deadly fertiliser into River Witham, stretching 46km in ‘one of the largest environmental incidents ever recorded in Lincolnshire’.
Anglian Water pays £154,000 fine after sewage discharged into the River Til in Bedfordshire
One of the UK’s biggest water companies has been hit with a £150,000 fine after sewage was released into a river, in the first civil sanction…
Farming business fined after land spreading pollutes stream
A County Durham company and its farm manager have been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £24,000 in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.
Rivers polluted by “reckless” Thames Water, fined £3.33m after millions of litres of raw sewage flooded river
Judge – Thames Water “deliberately misled” the Environment Agency in and around pollution of rivers in Sussex and Surrey in which several thousand fish died. Thames…
Anglers bring first private prosecution against water company in 20 years
Anglers have brought the first private prosecution against a water company for more than 20 years over pollution in a treasured chalk stream.
Housing estate pollution sanction sees environment charity get funding boost
A housing construction company and its contracted engineers will donate a total of £135,000 to the Aire Rivers Trust after polluting Pitty Beck multiple times while…