Day: 18 July 2005

EU action against environmental offenders gathers pace

The promised wave of legal action against EU states which have failed to implement environmental legislation continued this week, with key contributors to Europe Britain, Germany and France among those under fire from Brussels.

Zero emissions office scoops major enviro-award

A building project to create carbon neutral offices at a landmark site has won one of British industry's biggest environmental awards.

Residents kick up a stink over smelly landfill and recycling sites

The Environment Agency has taken action against two waste sites which neighbours claim are plagued by bad smells.

EU loophole on ‘Chelsea Tractors’ emissions may be plugged

A loophole which allowed heavy 4x4s - dubbed 'Chelsea Tractors' by eco-activists - to avoid emissions targets set for new cars could be closed by new laws from Europe.

Australian plans to dump nuclear waste in desert spark outrage

Neighbours of isolated sites in the Northern Territory have reacted angrily to plans to consider them as nuclear dumping grounds.

Painting the right picture


The paint shop at BMW's Oxford plant has reduced water consumption and boosted its environmental performance

Taking the waters


Over the next decade, the UN hopes to bring safe sanitation to more than a billion people. They're ambitious plans, but Frank Rogalla seems to think they're attainable, with a combination of new technology and radical new thinking

Keeping cool


Aquamatic investigates the need to keep biological samples at the correct temperature to enable suitable analysis of wastewater quality

Merging sensors with communication systems


Research associate Dawn Fuller discusses the Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Partech Instruments and the University of Exeter, and focuses on the design and development of instrumentation in the wastewater industry

Municipal strategies


Governments and their regulators have the responsibility for management and control of water consumption throughout the hydrological cycle. The priority for municipalities is to maximise water management efficiency by reducing wastage, demand, leakage and evaporation losses.

The manufacturing factor


The IWEX Report, commissioned by the organisers of this year's biggest water industry event (Birmingham NEC, 18-20 October), casts an interesting light on the relationship between manufacturing and water

The manufacturing factor


The IWEX Report, commissioned by the organisers of this year's biggest water industry event (Birmingham NEC, 18-20 October), casts an interesting light on the relationship between manufacturing and water

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