Kemira, a chemicals company that serves water-intensive industries, has partnered with Vyborg Water Utility, the Finnish Ministry of Environment and the John Nurminen Foundation on a wastewater treatment project to reduce phosphorus discharge from Vyborg into the Baltic Sea.

Baswood, a provider of industrial wastewater pre-treatment systems, has introduced new BioViper pilot system, a mobile unit that can be used to treat wastewater from food and beverage industry, including dairy, further processing, and beverage plants.

Thames Water, a water and sewerage company, has partnered with Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies (ONRT) on a project to recover phosphorus and ammonia from Slough Sewage Treatment Works’ wastewater stream and transform them into a commercial fertiliser.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Boeing Company have signed an agreement to construct a new stormwater treatment system at North Boeing Field in Seattle to reduce the amount of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) discharge into the Duwamish River.

Alfa Laval, a developer of products based on key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling, has secured a SEK250m contract to supply its decanter centrifuges for use in a wastewater treatment plant in Chicago.

Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) has received a compliance order from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take immediate steps to repair a broken sewer force main to wastewater plant located near Southern Link Sewage Lift Station in Dededo, Guam.

Bluewater Bio International (BBI), a wastewater treatment company, has agreed to the terms for the acquisition of Water Innovate, a technology transfer spin-out from the Cranfield University School of Water Sciences.

Matheson, an industrial gas company, has entered into a strategic and marketing alliance with SolarBrook Water and Power, a developer of water treatment technologies, for serving the water treatment market.

Molycorp, a producer of rare earths, has launched a new rare earth-based water treatment technology called XSORBX and is now selling it for commercial use in the wastewater, recreational, pool and spa, industrial process, and other water treatment markets.