24 Nov 2015
Defra: Minister Rory Stewart opens Europe’s first zero-chemical, zero-power, metal mine water-treatment scheme. An innovative treatment works using the natural environment to clean metal-rich water from an abandoned mine has been opened by Water Minister Rory Stewart in Cumbria today. Set in the breath-taking Cumbrian hills near Keswick, the Force Crag mine water treatment scheme […]
18 Nov 2014
By Kevin Westerling@KevinOnWater Water Online ‘They say necessity is the mother of invention. Perhaps that’s why water and wastewater innovation is thriving — the needs have overwhelmed the status quo. Growing populations demand increasing levels of water supply and treatment, but infrastructure funding and renewal often lags behind, creating a funding gap in the hundreds […]
17 Jun 2014
The Natural Capital Leaders Platform: ‘Water is an economically strategic resource, provided and regulated by nature and underpins many business activities. Ensuring that water is carefully stewarded and available in sufficient quantity and quality is a subject of vital interest to business, however, to date the management of and investment in water has been disjointed. […]
12 May 2014
APEM’s remote sensing services for the water industry have been voted the ‘best of the best’ in WRc’s newly launched Innovation Forum Award – a Dragons’ Den style showcase. Director of remote sensing, Dr Stuart Clough, faced a field of seven competitors, all of whom have won water industry and innovation awards this year. […]
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