Nutrient Removal News

1. Wayne State University And Great Lakes Water Authority Launch Major Collaboration To Protect Lake Erie And Rouge River 3/17/2026

   A research team led by Wayne State University was awarded a $473,566, three-year grant from the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) for a major collaborative initiative focused on enhanced phosphorus removal at the nation’s largest single-site wastewater treatment facility.

2. HRSD Partners With Water Technology Company CREW To Implement New Process Intensification Solution 3/16/2026

   HRSD (Hampton Roads Sanitation District) and CREW announce a long-term partnership to deploy CREW's process intensification solution at its two Norfolk-based wastewater treatment facilities: the Virginia Initiative Treatment Plant and the Army Base Treatment Plant.

3. Southern Water Purchases Phosphorus Filtration Technology 3/9/2026

   Wastewater treatment specialist WCS Environmental Engineering (WCSEE), now Marlowe Environmental Services (MES), initially hired out the equipment for use at Storrington WwTP in June 2025.

4. £34M Upgrade Begins At Crewe's Wastewater Treatment Works 3/5/2026

   United Utilities is powering ahead with a £34.4m upgrade at its Crewe wastewater treatment works, to improve water quality in the River Weaver.

5. Swedish Government Committee Highlights Ragn-Sells' Phosphorus Recovery In EU Negotiations 2/26/2026

   The Swedish government’s Implementation Council has chosen Ragn-Sells’ technology for recovering phosphorus from sewage as an example of how clashing legislations counteract circularity, in a report advising on EU negotiations on the Circular Economy Act.

6. How Bacteria Can Reclaim Lost Energy, Nutrients, And Clean Water From Wastewater 2/24/2026

   Wastewater contains untapped resources that, if reclaimed, could power agriculture, global sanitation, and its own treatment to help us meet UN SDG goals, according to a review published today in Frontiers in Science.

7. Bacteria Could Unlock Untapped Resources From Wastewater 2/24/2026

   Wastewater contains untapped resources that, if reclaimed, could power agriculture, global sanitation, and its own treatment to help us meet UN SDG goals, according to a review co-authored by Newcastle University experts and published in Frontiers in Science.

8. EasyMining And EPS Water Sign Letter Of Intent To Advance Nitrogen Recovery Technology In The UK And Ireland 2/19/2026

   EasyMining, a global provider of advanced resource recovery technologies, and EPS Water, a leading engineering and project delivery partner in the water and wastewater sector, have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to establish a strategic collaboration for the promotion and delivery of EasyMining’s Aqua2N nitrogen removal and recovery technology across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

9. BarhaleEnpure JV Delivers Yorkshire Water's Dewsbury WwTW Upgrade 2/17/2026

   BarhaleEnpure JV has completed an £18M phosphorus removal programme at Dewsbury Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) in West Yorkshire to help improve water quality in the River Calder.

10. EasyMining And Ragn-Sells Awarded 2026 Wastewater & Circularity Prize 2/16/2026

    The 2026 Wastewater & Circularity Prize goes to EasyMining and Ragn‑Sells for the development and commercialization of technology and products for phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge ash.