Using sophisticated microscopy and computational analysis, Texas A&M University researchers have now validated the merit of a water purification technology that uses electricity to remove and inactivate an assortment of waterborne viruses.
Tag: Water Quality
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 the use of harsh chemicals.
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 effluent was required to ensure
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’.
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 Water has been fined £3.33m after millions of litres of raw sewage flooded 2 rivers near Gatwick. Judge Christine Laing KC DL told Lewes crown court Thames Water deliberately […]
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 building a new housing estate near Bradford. Keepmoat Homes Ltd, a company that specialises in building residential housing and which owns the site at Heron’s Reach near Bradford, will […]