Max Howells
SWAN Corner: How regulators and innovators are working together to digitise wastewater regulations
Advanced technologies have been trickling into wastewater processes for the last decade, but only recently have bodies such as the International Standards Organ…
UK utilities cut out the middleman for improved pollution performance
As England and Wales’ water regulators push ever more ambitious performance targets in the wake of high-profile failures, what does the most recent regulation s…
Texas’ winter storms: Wastewater crews protecting vulnerable water supplies
Power failures and pipe bursts caused by last week’s sudden drop in temperatures have hit utility services hard across the southern US. Wastewater spills from d…
Good digital hygiene: Keeping utility services safe
Last month, hackers gained control of a Florida water treatment plant in an attempt to poison the water supply and threaten the health of thousands of Floridian…
The smart technology that’s enabling intelligent pollution prevention
It’s taken 30 years, but US pollution prevention law is finally getting the tech support it’s always needed. As smart technology trickles into the sewers, data-…
Epidemiology, smart technology, and the public health insights we flush down the drain
As the world looks for ways to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and epidemiologists are turning to the sewers for answers. With the help of smart techn…