BioGill listed in top 50 most promising high-tech water companies
20 September, 2012Clean tech company BioGill has been selected for the 2012 Artemis Top 50 Water Tech Listing.
Enterprise Connect boosts options for water treatment specialist
14 August, 2012AvivaPure, a clean technology business from Notting Hill in Melbourne, is working towards commercialising its ECube, large-scale, solar- and wind-powered accelerated evaporator and antifouling technology. To assist in further research and development of its products, the company sought business advice from Enterprise Connect and undertook a business review. The advice and recommendations opened up new connections for the company with researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Monash University.
Publication of ‘Biosolids Snapshot’
27 June, 2012The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities today released the ‘Biosolids Snapshot’. The report is intended to provide a snapshot of biosolids in Australia.
Aquaconsult Aerostrip fine bubble diffusers
21 June, 2012The Aquaconsult Aerostrip aerator is a fine bubble diffused aeration system. The aeration fine bubble diffusers feature low energy demand and can be used in a wide range of biological processes including continuous activated sludge, sequencing batch reactors and membrane bioreactors.
Dairy employs DAF treatment to achieve tough wastewater targets
05 June, 2012One of the world’s leading dairy product companies is achieving high-efficiency discharge targets from a $1.5 million wastewater treatment facility for treating effluent from its Southern NSW manufacturing site. The company chose a high-performance high-efficiency DAF system, designed and installed by CST Wastewater Solutions.
Wastewater treatment plant flying high at Sydney Airport
14 May, 2012In order to meet continued pressures being placed on commercial and government organisations to conserve fresh water supplies, Sydney International Airport, Terminal 1 (T1), created an environmental planning strategy to design and construct a water treatment plant in order to recycle its wastewater and reduce its dependency on fresh water.
Whitsunday sewerage treatment upgrade project
26 March, 2012Tenix has been awarded a contract by Whitsunday Regional Council to design and construct two sewage treatment plants in northern Queensland. Following construction, Tenix will operate and maintain the upgraded plants under a long-term contract with the council.
Australian Government sells IP for water cleansing technology
26 March, 2012Groundbreaking water cleansing technology, developed by Australian Government scientists, has been successfully commercialised and sold to the private sector.
Optimising wastewater treatment
27 January, 2012Optimising the wastewater treatment process using analytical sensors with automated cleaning is a cost effective way to reduce maintenance, improve efficiency and ensure measurement accuracy.
‘Gold Banksia’ goes to Gippsland Water Factory project
10 November, 2011Gippsland Water has won the ‘Gold Banksia’ at the 2011 Banksia Environmental awards for its new wastewater treatment system.
Xylem becomes GE’s distribution partner
02 November, 2011GE has announced that it has entered into an agreement for Xylem, the global water technology company, to become GE’s distribution partner into the public utilities market for its advanced membrane filtration products.
Advanced water treatment plant constructed
04 August, 2011Viterra is an agribusiness providing premium quality ingredients to leading global food manufacturers and its Tamworth malt facility has a grain capacity of 45,000 tonnes, supplying malt both domestically and internationally.
Wastewater upgrades gain favour
03 August, 2011 byUntil recently, Local Authorities in Queensland and Tasmania owned and operated their wastewater treatment facilities. Many of these plants were old, undersized and provided substandard levels of treatment. In most cases, the smaller plants used trickling filters or facultative ponds. By the 1970s, extended aeration package plants and oxidation ditch-type activated sludge plants became more common.
Sewage more than just waste
27 July, 2011Melbourne’s biggest sewage treatment plant, the Western Treatment Plant, has, for the first time, used sewage to produce more than enough biogas to power the entire plant for the last two months.
Treating wastewater for food manufacturers
27 July, 2011For many Australian food manufacturers there is increasing pressure from government agencies to reach higher standards of wastewater treatment for environmental discharge. In fact, throughout the western world, food manufacturers are facing similar challenges.
