It uses Dutch ‘cutting-edge’ treatment processes, designed to produce ‘impeccable’ drinking water and to be more sustainable than a traditional water treatment plant

The plant aims to meet increasing domestic water demand and ramp-up the availability of reused water for agriculture

They will make up a proportion of 38 new projects, worth £342m, to be developed across 15 provinces in the next three months

It has signed a three-year contract with Veolia, which is assisting the water company with identifying, delivering and maintaining cost savings

The incidents took place at its sewage treatment plants in Salcombe and Dartmouth between 2015 and 2016.

The Coal Authority is installing solar panels across its estate of 75 mine water treatment sites. It manages the effects of past coal mining, including subsidence damage claims which are not the responsibility of licensed coal mine operators and mine water pollution. It is a non-departmental public body within the UK’s Department for Business, Energy […]

Scottish Water has installed 1,000 solar panels at a major water treatment works in Scotland. The project is expected to generate 0.2GWh of electricity every year, providing a quarter of the energy required at Marchbank Water Treatment Works which serves 68,000 properties in Edinburgh and parts of West Lothian. The treatment plant currently produces 40 mega litres […]

The US Government has awarded grants worth $9 million (£5.5m) in total for innovative and sustainable ways to improve water quality. Four research organisations have won a share of the fund to improve existing water infrastructure, including looking into problems of ageing wastewater collection and treatment systems. Gina McCarthy, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator […]

Scottish Water has been fined £10,000 for pollution at two water treatment plants following acid and waste spillages. It pleaded guilty to the two incidents in Clackmannanshire, Scotland in 2011 – one at Glendevon Water Treatment Plant when sulphuric acid spilled into Castlehill Reservoir and the River Devon following a leak from a tank. The […]

India’s capital city has had its first solar-powered water treatment plant installed. Operated by Social Awareness, Newer Alternatives (SANA), a non-governmental organisation, the facility which cost around $45,000 (£28,000) has been installed at a Government school in New Delhi to help under-privileged students. Reports claim the pilot plant is expected to produce 5,000 litres of […]