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Somerset Council awarded £9.6m for phosphate mitigation

As one of eight successful bidders, Somerset Council has secured Government funding to deliver phosphate mitigation measures which will unlock the delivery of new homes throughout the region and provide for long term nature recovery. The funding, announced on 19 December 2023, will be used to expand the Council’s existing phosphate credit scheme, and deliver […]

05 Jan, 2024

Te-Tech’s nutrient removal technology selected by Severn Trent Connect for new housing development wastewater treatment works

Construction is underway to install our te-cyc™ enhanced biological nutrient removal technology at the new and innovative onsite Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) at The Hoplands, a community of homes in Canterbury. The works is being constructed by Severn Trent subsidiary ST Connect, for leading housebuilder Redrow, to treat domestic wastewater from Redrow’s new Hoplands housing […]

28 Nov, 2023

Low energy reverse osmosis could help unlock 18,000 new homes

After the successful trial of ultra-efficient reverse osmosis (RO) technology at Wessex Water’s Fivehead Water Recycling Centre, Somerset Council has submitted a bid to the Government’s Nutrient Mitigation Funds hoping to secure £10.5m funding. As has been hotly discussed, to protect the UK’s watercourses from nutrient pollution – principally nitrates and phosphates – housing developments […]

14 Nov, 2023

Te-Tech offer ultra-efficient RO technology allowing data centres to significantly cut water & energy consumption

The world’s most efficient reverse osmosis (RO) technology, the SAM50 RO system, is now available to data centres. Manufactured by Te-Tech Process Solutions, the SAM50 delivers significant advantages over competing RO technologies. Data centres have seen a steady shift away from air cooling to more efficient liquid immersion technology. However, rejecting the heat from the […]

30 May, 2023

QUENCHING THE THIRST OF THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY

Putting food on our plates uses enormous quantities of water and, with the world population expected to rise to around 9.5bn by 2050, the demand for water in the food and beverage sector will continue to increase. Most of the water consumed in food production is in agricultural irrigation. Climate change is creating more and […]

23 May, 2023

Proposed Changes to the UWWTD: Ambitious Goals Set for Europe’s Wastewater Sector

The European Commission has proposed some far-reaching changes to the Urban Wastewater Treatment (UWWTD) directive1. Whilst this is not immediately relevant to the UK, it is probable that legislation here will be similarly revised. .New articles introduce, among others, the obligation for producers to contribute to the costs of additional treatment to remove micro-pollutants generated […]

22 May, 2023