De Montfort University

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De Montfort University is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

Could a tropical weed hold the key to cleaning up our rivers?

The world’s fastest-growing aquatic weed has effectively removed toxins from a polluted river in the UK – a finding which has the potential to revolutionise environmental clean-ups. A study by De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) researchers published in Scientific Reports, led by Professor Parvez Haris, demonstrated the potential of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) to remove toxic elements […]

De Montfort University · 27 Nov 2018

27 Nov 2018

New system to clean toxic industrial waterwaste has been trialled

A De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) team has trialled a pioneering new system with the support of Scottish Water to clean toxic industrial wastewaters – a process that could benefit our health, the environment and industry. In a pilot trial, Katherine Huddersman, Professor of Environmental Chemistry at DMU, and her team showed they could successfully […]