Aeration energy: The wastewater treatment plant’s ‘elephant in the room’October 21, 2019
Sean Mulligan, Peter Leonard, Alan Carty and Eoghan Clifford explain the costs of aeration in wastewater treatment and how energy efficiency technologie...
Potential supply chain opportunities at Irish Water eventOctober 7, 2019
Irish Water is inviting SMEs to a 'Meet the Buyer' event for Arklow wastewater treatment plant...
Microplastics: Beginning of the end for land application of biosolids?September 9, 2019
Plastic is a hot topic - its ubiquity in the natural environment, impact on aquatic ecosystems and the emerging evidence of its impact on human health s...
Irish wastewater treatment firm plans to double workforce by end of yearAugust 26, 2019
A Cork-based wastewater treatment business, Ireland Waste Water (IWW), has announced plans to double its staff numbers with the recruitment of 10 wor...
Kingspan Klargester CPD: Learn about professional management of sewageAugust 26, 2019
Recent media reports have highlighted the need for urgent action to be taken to protect Ireland’s rivers, streams and lakes, which are at serious risk...
Kingspan Klargester CPD: Learn about professional management of sewageJuly 29, 2019
'The Irish Times' is one of many media outlets across the country now highlighting how rivers, streams and lakes in Ireland are being polluted by untrea...
Researchers showcase pollinator and sustainability friendly gardens at BloomJune 5, 2019
Two beautiful gardens - including one that simultaneously removes pollutants and generates electricity from wastewater - designed by researchers from...
Not just a pipe dream as NUIG and Ward and Burke Construction reap engineering successMarch 12, 2019
NUI Galway and Ward and Burke Construction Ltd - the partnership that scooped the Technical Innovation of the Year Award at Engineers Ireland's Excel...
Come hell or high water: Jerry Grant’s Uganda journeyFebruary 12, 2019
Following a recent trip to Uganda, former Irish Water managing director Jerry Grant is working with GOAL and Ireland's water engineering community to pu...
Purple bacteria ‘batteries’ turn sewage into clean energyNovember 27, 2018
Purple phototrophic bacteria - which can store energy from light - when supplied with an electric current can recover near to 100% of carbon from any ty...
Engineered sand zaps stormwater pollutantsSeptember 18, 2018
Engineers have created a new way to remove contaminants from stormwater, potentially addressing the needs of water-stressed communities that are sear...
Nanomaterials could mean more algae outbreaks for wetlands and waterwaysJuly 10, 2018
Combined with nutrient runoff from fertilised cropland and manure-filled pastures, nanomaterials in agrochemicals like pesticides and fungicides could l...
A mere 20% of chartered engineers believe country’s infrastructure in good shapeJuly 10, 2018
Two expert advisory panels made up of 40 engineering experts, together with a survey of 1,000 chartered engineers across Ireland, offer insights that fo...
Old bacteria, new tricks: The future of water purificationJune 26, 2018
Today we treat water by using costly fans to pump air into pools of ordinary bacteria, but a new process based on anaerobic, or oxygen-averse bacteria c...
Constructed wetlands of Ireland and the birth of the online databaseMay 29, 2018
As part of an EPA-funded project, NUI Galway researchers identified a need for a coherent, comprehensive and an up-to-date database of constructed wetla...
UCD’s OxyMem scoops SME category at US-Ireland Research Innovation AwardsMay 29, 2018
OxyMem is SME category winner at US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards 2018, presented by American Chamber of Commerce Ireland and the Royal Irish Acade...
The river of gold inspiring a blueprint for continued innovationApril 17, 2018
The EU is to take action against Ireland as areas of the country have non-compliance in relation to the quality of sewer/wastewater discharges to wat...
Wastewater treatment and anaerobic digestion – bridging the skills gapFebruary 6, 2018
Matt Smyth looks at the challenges faced by employers to meet the demand for skilled workers in engineering and science, and the investment required to...
Energy-saving UCD technology breathes life into wastewater treatmentJanuary 23, 2018
Irish cleantech company OxyMem is commercialising membrane-aerated biofilm reactor technology, an innovative solution from UCD’s chemical engineers to...
Self-sufficient wastewater treatment: energy recovery from sewage sludgeAugust 29, 2017
Karla Dussan and Rory Monaghan describe the economic and environmental benefits of sludge management through integrated anaerobic digestion and thermal...