Best read of January 2023

Welcome to the 2nd edition of the Aquatech newsletter: watertech insights. Read our best read articles of January 2023. Do you know about the big European regulation update on surface and groundwater quality?

Q&A: New EU rules on surface and groundwater pollution

Addressing the effects of a chemical cocktail mix

Changes to European-wide regulation on surface and groundwater quality could dictate additional levels of treatment technology needed. We take a look at the recent updates.

Q: I heard a big European regulation update towards the end of 2022. What did I miss?

A: How did you miss it? As part of the EU’s ambition to achieve zero pollution by 2050, the European Commission proposed the Zero Pollution package in October last year, including the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and the updated lists of surface and groundwater pollutants.

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Leaks, peaks and New York: 5 water trends we're watching in 2023

Now seven years away from the SDG target of 2030, what will 2023 bring for the global water sector? From methane to solving water loss, to PFAS and the digital derby, content director Tom Freyberg looks at the year ahead.

Big water in the big apple: a watershed moment?

Punctuating a busy event season, the UN 2023 Water Conference will take place in New York in March, kickstarting on the 22nd - official World Water Day.

Co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands, the high-profile event will position water firmly at the heart of the agenda.

Being labelled water's "watershed" moment, a lot of attention is being put on the event to unite high-level decision makers.

Estimates from the UN already show that unless efforts are quadrupled over the next seven years, we will be way off the mark in meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.

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Desalination goes off-grid via solar

Boreal Light, a Berlin-based company specialising in renewable energy solutions for water treatment facilities, has developed a water desalination technology powered by PV for off-grid applications.

Off-grid desalination

Boreal Light, a technology company specialising in renewable energy solutions for water treatment facilities, has developed a water desalination technology powered by?photovoltaic (PV) for off-grid applications.

Called The Winture Planet Cube, the devices have a capacity of desalinating 1,000 litres of water per hour to 50,000.

The Berlin-based company said the size of the solar array needed to power The Winture Planet Cubes comes down to three factors: capacity, the salinity of the water, and the depth of the borehole which water is extracted from.?

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In case you've missed

• Sludge: Turning waste into a valuable resource; our essential guide about sludge, biosolids and biosources.
• A new trial to remove pharmaceutical residue from wastewater is being carried out by Waternet at its Horstermeer wastewater treatment plant.
• In our latest TECH DIVE, we look beyond the hype and answer the questions of what AI actually is? How does it work? What can it offer?

Thanks for reading. Stay tuned for the next edition of Watertech Insights.