wastewater

Features

The benefits of integrated hydrogen production and wastewater treatment

What could clean energy buses and sewage treatment plants have in common? Answer: the co-location of hydrogen production by electrolysis at a wastewater treatment facility to produce hydrogen for fuel cells to run buses, and oxygen to feed beneficial bacteria in the treatment tanks. Read More

mike.wheelerDecember 11, 2023, 8:55 amDecember 12, 2023

Features, Hazardous waste, NSW, Online Subscription, wastewater

Primo Foods to pay $150k after wastewater discharge

Primo Foods must pay $150,000 towards community projects in a legally binding Enforceable Undertaking with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) after wastewater from its Western Sydney facility
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mike.wheelerNovember 30, 2023, 9:20 amDecember 1, 2023

Latest News, Treatment, Victoria, Wastewater

East Gippsland Water fined $50k for discharge

East Gippsland Region Water Corporation (EGRWC) has been ordered to pay $50,000 to a restorative project run by East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, pay a $20,000 donation to the court and pay EPA Victoria $4,651 in court costs after a wastewater discharge that was in breach of their licence. Read More

mike.wheelerNovember 13, 2023, 8:45 amNovember 13, 2023

$47 million package for water treatment after PFAS detection

The Queensland Government is giving a $46.88 million package to the Burdekin Shire Council for Stage 1 of a new Water Treatment Plant in Ayr. Read More

mike.wheelerNovember 9, 2023, 9:11 amNovember 9, 2023

Industry News, wastewater treatment

New way of dying clothes means less wastewater

Deakin University has signed a partnership agreement with Geelong-based company Xefco as part of its Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH) to conduct new research into how dying clothes without using water can be achieved. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 19, 2023, 9:16 amSeptember 19, 2023

Anaerobic digestion, Features, Wastewater, wastewater treatment

Aerofloat to build wastewater treatment plant at Gibson Island

Wastewater treatment specialists Aerofloat has been awarded the contract for the design and build of a new wastewater treatment plant at Incitec Pivot Limited’s (IPL) facilities at Gibson Island in Brisbane. The project required a comprehensive treatment plant to meet IPL’s strict environmental requirements. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 6, 2023, 3:02 pmSeptember 6, 2023

Australian National University ANU wastewater

Features, Industry News, Online Subscription

Extracting precious metals from wastewater

Throughout the diverse and cultural landscape of the resource recovery/waste industry many companies, individuals and academic institutions have been trying to find ways to make a dollar from recovering
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mike.wheelerApril 24, 2023, 8:42 amJune 5, 2023

Features

Ignorance no excuse as company fined over spilt milk

A Clayton company has been fined more than $5,000 after staff at a Doreen petrol station poured waste milk down a stormwater drain that leads to local waterways.
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mike.wheelerNovember 8, 2022, 7:56 amNovember 8, 2022

Features, Industry News

Rapid test identifies sewage in waterways

La Trobe University researchers have developed a 30-minute test to identify sewage in recreational and environmental waterways, reducing outbreaks of gastroenteritis and other illnesses in Australia and around the world. Read More

mike.wheelerOctober 17, 2022, 12:18 pmOctober 17, 2022

Opinion

Wastewater treatment plant to get makeover

The Victorian Government is investing in new ways to improve water quality and increase habitat and biodiversity at Westernport Water’s wastewater treatment plant. Read More

mike.wheelerSeptember 21, 2022, 11:30 amSeptember 21, 2022