Nutrient Removal News

1. GHD To Serve As Lead Designer For AlexRenew's Nutrient Reduction Project 4/15/2026

   GHD, a global professional services company, has been selected as the lead designer for AlexRenew’s Nutrient Reduction Project, a multiyear effort that will modernize critical wastewater treatment infrastructure, enhance nutrient removal performance, and expand treatment capacity to support the City of Alexandria’s continued growth.

2. Multi-Million Pound Upgrades Completed At Three West Sussex Wastewater Treatment Works To Improve Water Quality 4/14/2026

   More than £13m of improvements have been completed at Southern Water’s wastewater treatment works at Forest Green, Balcombe and Ashington.

3. Haskoning Acquires Patent For Groundbreaking ViviMag Water Technology 4/14/2026

   International consulting engineering company Haskoning signs patent transfer agreement with Kemira for ViviMag, a technology expected to set new standards for phosphorous recovery from sewage sludge.

4. Premier Wastewater Treatment Contractors For Food Processing In Cambodia 4/13/2026

   Cambodia’s food and beverage sector—spanning rice milling, fruit processing, beverage bottling, and palm oil refining—is a vital pillar of the national economy.

5. Barge Selected To Design New Water Reclamation Facility For Columbus Water Works 4/8/2026

   Barge has been selected to continue its work with Columbus Water Works (CWW) as the prime engineering consultant on its new South Columbus Water Reclamation Facility, the largest water infrastructure investment in the utility's history.

6. Sustainable Raw Material Supply 4/1/2026

   Disposing of wastewater treatment plant waste while simultaneously recovering white phosphorus: The new thermochemical FlashPhos process demonstrates how this works.

7. NSF CAREER Award Supports Research To Create Opportunity From Nitrate Pollution 3/18/2026

   Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer that helps feed the world’s population, but it comes with a catch: The runoff from agricultural use and industrial production is full of pollutants like nitrate. Removing nitrate from wastewater is costly and energy-intensive.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.