Stantec completes design of Kenya’s first city-wide sustainable sanitation facility
Washington, DC - NYSE, TSX: STN: Stantec, a leading global design and engineering firm, has completed designs for the Naivasha Treatment Plant (NTPx), an innovative fecal sludge treatment facility in Naivasha, Kenya that will generate sustainable biomass fuel. Once complete, the 145,000 sq. ft. facility will convert over 7,000 cubic feet of septage daily into Grade A biosolids. The resulting biosolids will be used to produce 1,200 tons of biomass briquettes per month. “There is great potentia...
University partners with cities to study COVID-19 virus prevalence in wastewater
The Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility serves the majority of the population in the region, making it an ideal location to conduct the environmental surveillance of wastewater. College of Engineering leads wastewater environmental surveillance in the Truckee Meadows RENO/SPARKS, Nev. – The Nevada Water Innovation Institute based at the University of Nevada, Reno, along with regional agency partners, is monitoring Truckee Meadows wastewater to determine the level of COVID-19 in...
New York State Partners with Arcadis to Pilot Early Detection of COVID-19 in Wastewater
Game-changing approach will help inform decision-making, protect public health in upstate communities Highlands Ranch, Colo. — The New York State Department of Health and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have partnered with Arcadis for a pilot project to identify and track SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in municipal wastewater collection systems in Onondaga County, Albany, Newburgh and Buffalo. Arcadis will identify and monitor the presence of SARS-C...
Better Wastewater Treatment? It’s a Wrap
Improved bacterial affinity and reactive oxygen species generation enhances antibacterial inactivation in wastewater by graphene oxide-wrapped nanospheres developed by scientists at Rice University and Tongji University, Shanghai. Antibiotic resistance genes (eARG) released by inactivated antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in the vicinity of photocatalytic sites on the spheres facilitates their degradation. (Credit: Alvarez Research Group/Rice University) Rice’s trap-and-zap strategy fo...
Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant’s New Pilot Facility Breaks Ground
Los Angeles Moves Another Step Closer to 100% Wastewater Recycling Goal LOS ANGELES, CA – The City of Los Angeles today began the installation work at the Hyperion Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Pilot Facility. A virtual celebration was held to mark the progress on this initiative that is part of the City’s commitment to meet Mayor Eric Garcetti’s goal of recycling 100% of treated water at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant by 2035. "Los Angeles stands on the leading edge of smart planning...
Sanitaire Launches Digital Pressure Monitor for ‘Smart’ Diffuser Operation
Data-driven aeration enables energy-efficient treatment and informed asset management CHARLOTTE, N.C., – Xylem, the leader in biological wastewater treatment technologies, is introducing its new Sanitaire Digital Pressure Monitor (DPM) to transform wastewater diffusers into smart diffusers. The Sanitaire DPM maximizes diffuser operation and increases energy savings through strategic fine-bubble aeration system monitoring and intelligence. The solution offers users an enhanced digital int...
Waterhound Futures Selects TDM as Agent to Provide Signature SaaS Wastewater-Treatment Analytics to the U.K. - 'The Waterhound Solution'
Industrial effluent into river(above image) VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Waterhound Futures Ltd. (https://waterhoundfutures.com/) recently announced it will enter into an agency agreement with Total Development & Management, Inc. (TDM) to provide its predictive software diagnostics, collectively known as "The Waterhound Solution," to the U.K. industrial wastewater treatment system marketplace. Waterhound Futures provides software, simulators and predictive diagnostics, while TDM is a we...
Stantec to Lead Major Wastewater Development Program in Egypt
Edmonton, AB; New York, NY; London, TSX, NYSE: STN: The Egyptian Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) has selected a consortium led by Stantec to improve access to sanitation services through wastewater infrastructure for communities in the Fayoum governorate in Egypt. Stantec will act as the Project Implementation Support and Contract Supervision Consultant to manage the large-scale construction program to expand wastewater treatment, water reuse capabilities, and the system sewerage...
Microvi MNE Outperforms Established Tertiary Ammonia Removal Process at Thames Water Wastewater Treatment Plant
Thames Water Utilities Ltd. and Microvi Biotechnologies completed a collaborative 9-month trial demonstrating Microvi's novel wastewater treatment, Microvi MNE™ (MNE). The fully automated MNE demonstration plant was configured as a tertiary nitrification system for ammonia removal. Operating between 5-22 degrees Celsius, MNE consistently removed ammonia from wastewater during continuous operation outperforming the ammonia removal rates of the existing nitrifying sand filters. MNE showed resi...
Rice Engineers: Make Wastewater Drinkable Again
A schematic representation of the hybrid water supply system developed by engineers at Rice University. The researchers suggest that delivering water to city dwellers can become far more efficient, and that it should involve a healthy level of recycled wastewater. (Credit: Lu Liu/Rice University) Model shows recycling could dramatically slash cities’ need for fresh water resources HOUSTON – Delivering water to city dwellers can become far more efficient, according to Rice University r...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
