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Smart solution for reducing benzene emissions in wastewater

Smart solution for reducing benzene emissions in wastewater

waterynewsNov 4, 20232 min read

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

New tech to treat farm slurry and produce fertiliser trialled

waterynewsNov 4, 20234 min read

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

Reduced Waste Disposal Costs; Cleaner Effluent

waterynewsNov 4, 20232 min read

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

OMEX Agriculture Ltd to pay £510,190 for wiping out over 135,000 fish

waterynewsNov 4, 20239 min read

A faulty pipe leaked deadly fertiliser into River Witham, stretching 46km in ‘one of the largest environmental incidents ever recorded in Lincolnshire’. In a prosecution brought…

Anglian Water pays £154,000 fine after sewage discharged into the River Til in Bedfordshire

Anglian Water pays £154,000 fine after sewage discharged into the River Til in Bedfordshire

waterynewsNov 4, 20232 min read

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

Farming business fined after land spreading pollutes stream

waterynewsNov 4, 20233 min read

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

Rivers polluted by “reckless” Thames Water, fined £3.33m after millions of litres of raw sewage flooded river

waterynewsNov 4, 20234 min read

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 bring first private prosecution against water company in 20 years

waterynewsNov 4, 20234 min read

Anglers have brought the first private prosecution against a water company for more than 20 years over pollution in a treasured chalk stream. Southern Water was…

Housing estate pollution sanction sees environment charity get funding boost 

Housing estate pollution sanction sees environment charity get funding boost 

waterynewsNov 4, 20234 min read

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…