Clear signs of another drubbing coming for the UK water companies, with an item on today’s BBC News website headlined Serious water pollution incidents up 60% in England. The piece, by BBC correspondent Esme Stallard, shows the Environment Agency, Public Accounts Committee, Secretary of State for the Environment, NGOs and …
A recent UKWIR Report on options for charging UK food service establishments based on the fats, oils and grease (FOG) content of their wastewater raises many fascinating questions. Alongside the practical and economic challenges of implementation, it notes our limited understanding of how these materials pose a risk to sewerage …
One of the Keynote speakers at AquaConSoil 2025 has kindly made his contribution available to EBNet members. The talk by Dr Hans Slenders of Arcadis focused on PFAS, including the emerging pollutant trifluoroacetic acid or TFA. A version of his presentation on ‘How sustainable is our current approach for PFAS?’ …
AquaConSoil addresses the dynamic interfaces between soil, sediment and water systems under anthropogenic stress. This year’s conference in Liege on 16-20 June 2025 spotlighted themes such as integrated Soil–Sediment–Water System Management, Sustainable Remediation Strategies, Digital Innovation, and Systems Thinking. These core areas for advancing and harnessing the power of environmental …
A recent BBC News item highlights growing awareness of the threat from emerging pollutants: ‘Forever chemical’ TFA found in all but one of tested UK rivers – BBC News Prof Frederic Coulon of EBNet’s PFAS WG said, “The appearance of these chemicals in drinking water sources, particularly trifluoroacetic acid or …
The BBC’s Rare Earth programme has a new episode out on PFAS, the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that are now a major emerging pollutant: listen or download on Rare Earth – Forever Chemicals – BBC Sounds. Dr Tao Lyu from Cranfield University, who leads EBNet’s PFAS Working Group, says: “New …
Don’t miss the new Soil Matters podcast from the British Society of Soil Science. Episode 1 features Prof Frederic Coulon and Prof Tony Gutierrez talking about new bioremediation techniques that are completely changing our approaches to reclaiming contaminated land. The podcast is available free on the BSSS Soil Matters webpage, …
The abstract submission for AquaConSoil 2025 is now open. As platform for scientists, policymakers, and industry experts on the sustainable management of soil, sediment, and water resources, this event offers an unique opportunity to share innovative research and solutions. Taking place from June 16-20, 2025, in Liège, Belgium, this 40-year anniversary …
EBNet is happy to support ECR members who wish to attend this event – an invited keynote talk by Prof Damia Barcelo with networking. We have a limited number of Travel Bursaries (max £150) available to assist with travel. Contact us at EBNet@EBNet.ac.uk for details. Light food and drinks will …
Online. Thursday, 27 October 2022 – 12:30pm to 1:15pm This Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) webinar will look at the principles of contaminated land investigation and examine the methods used to collect and analyse data from soil, groundwater and surface water. It will also discuss the process of carrying out …
Deadline: 20 November 2022 Move fast on this exciting fully funded MSc by Research opportunity – sponsored by Nextech Ltd. and Anglian Water, with a stipend of £18,000 per annum (plus fees). This project will develop strategies and validate innovative materials to remove PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), often called …
Application deadline: Sunday 14th February 2022 This project aims to identify the biological and geochemical/physical processes involved in controlling the fate of plastics (of different polymer types) under different environmental settings. It will utilise sophisticated techniques in microbial ecology, such as DNA-based stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP), to trace the fate of isotopically-labelled …
Thursday 20 January 2022 at 12 – 14:00 EBNet is hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Registration is now closed. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. The event recording is available here. If …
07-08 Feb 22, Norwich, Abstract deadline: 4 Oct 21 Microbes are the organisms primarily responsible for degrading, modifying and producing Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs), which are: Responsible for altering the climate and atmosphere Sources of energy, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur Signalling molecules Stress protectants Biomarkers Valuable for biotechnology This …
27 July 2021; 5:30pm – 6:45pm Part of the CIWEM Pollution digital series. The first speaker will look at a case study of in situ treatment of brownfield sites contaminated with the emerging contaminant, Perfluoroalkyl substance, PFAS plume using direct push injection of colloidal activated carbon. The second speaker will …
