Engineering a solution to Sydney’s fatberg crisis
When debris balls dubbed “fatbergs” washed up on Sydney beaches, the complex challenges of subsea engineering rose to the fore.
Tag: wastewater treatment
How WA’s largest water facility is redefining wastewater as a critical resource
At Woodman Point, a major upgrade is helping to extract clean energy from wastewater and support a more sustainable future.
Could self-healing concrete be the solution to wastewater pipeline corrosion?
A UniSA professor is researching the use of water treatment sludge and ‘self-healing’ concrete to counteract corrosion of concrete in ...
Techwatch: advanced holograms and ruthenium catalysts
Innovations from the University of Cambridge in the UK and Rice University in the US are pushing boundaries in 3D ...
Sydney’s Professional Engineer of the Year is transforming how we manage our most precious resource
Dr Wenshan Guo is a professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UTS. Her research focuses on ...
Engineer reveals why there’s never been a more exciting time to work in water
Engineers in the water industry are embracing outside-the box thinking, innovative solutions and a circular economy.
Inside London’s ‘super sewer’
London is upgrading its sewer system to cope with its growing population, intercepting, storing, and transferring sewage waste away from ...
Local glass recycling innovation to get bigger audience thanks to acquisition
When Daniel Bosco, Founder and Director of Bluey Technologies, got an enquiry on social media about buying his company, he ...
Rooftop water recycling becomes a reality
A rooftop desalination and water recycling system has been developed in Western Australia, thanks to some surprisingly simple engineering.
Australian ‘sewage submarine’ detects COVID-19 in wastewater
A simple, cost-effective and portable device, shaped like a torpedo, has been successful in detecting SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in Victoria ...
