Chinese water and environment engineering group CITIC Envirotech (CEL) has won a public-private partnership (PPP) to develop four wastewater treatment plants in Liaoyang City, China. Worth RMB549 million (US$86 million), CEL will deliver a total capacity of 285,000 m3/day and associated pipework, as well as operating and maintaining the four plants for a period of between 15-20 […]
The process of biological degradation of organic wastes is typically used as secondary treatment. Secondary treatment is designed to biodegrade substances such as human waste, food wastes and detergents. For this purpose microbes are used to consume biodegradable soluble organic contaminants and bind the less soluble fractions into floc which can later be removed. Secondary […]
Australia, particularly the states of New South Wales and Victoria are soon to welcome an important delegation of ministers and other parliamentarians and officials from the Indian State of Maharashtra. The visit is firstly to meet Victorian primary producers such as grain and dairy that can produce mutually beneficial B2B relationships between Victoria and Maharashtra. […]
The United Nations says wastewater from households, industries and agriculture should not be seen as a problem but a valuable resource which could help meet the demands for water, energy and nutrients from a growing global population. Word-wide, more than 80 per cent of wastewater that is untreated,is released into rivers and lakes with a […]