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For the family-run Willey Estates community in Shropshire, Advanced Wastewater Treatment (AWT) has completed the installation of a new sewage treatment plant for a group of residential properties. 

Redesigned blocks lock onto cutter chains at three points, helping contractors tackle mineral scale, concrete, and other hardened deposits.

Veolia strengthens its expansion and capabilities in the Middle East with two major desalination contracts worth a total of nearly €200 million. This momentum includes a five-year operations and performance optimization contract for the Al Asilah desalination plant in Oman and a design contract for the Al Hamriyah desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates, for which Veolia will provide the technology.

Endress+Hauser acquired the remaining shares in Endress+Hauser BioSense from Hahn-Schickard gGmbH on 1 November 2026. As a result, the company has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Endress+Hauser Group. Endress+Hauser BioSense develops PCR-based detection systems for rapid molecular analysis directly on site.

Lausanne-based bNovate Technologies has sold 500 systems worldwide performing more than a million automated microbiological measurements per year. The company has now launched BactoSense ID, an automated microbiological monitoring solution that detects and quantifies key bacteria, including E. coli, coliforms, and enterococci, in wastewater and bathing water in under 60 minutes, compared with 18–72 hours for traditional lab testing. BactoSense ID opens new addressable markets for bNovate.

An open-source software tool to help find a sweet spot between competing environmental and development demands has been launched by University of Queensland researchers.