An upgrade by Richmond Valley Council of its Casino Sewage Treatment plant has paid immediate dividends by withstanding the fury of June’s storms and flooding without suffering any polluting spills or odours. The turnkey upgrade – which included retrofitting of fine screening technology by CST Wastewater solutions – was completed just days before the bad Read more...

Advances in wastewater technology are opening up new opportunities for local government and food producers to cost-efficiently solve water quality, water recycling and green energy challenges previously consigned to the too-hard basket. Here MIKE BAMBRIDGE* shares his extensive experience of Australasian and global municipal waste water schemes to show where such technologies can produce both Read more...

A new study on the eve of FoodTech Queensland has found Australian management is keen to pursue environmental excellence through green energy and waste water initiatives but wary of unproven operators who promise much while delivering little. The study, commissioned by CST Wastewater Solutions, an exhibitor at FoodTech from June 26-28, finds industry is convinced Read more...

  CST Wastewater Solutions packages include proven global and locally manufactured technologies ranging from fixed installations (left) to remote container or skid-mounted portable low-maintenance applications (right). New engineer-and-build water and waste water treatment and recycling packages are being introduced by CST Wastewater Solutions for industries and municipalities that want to lower the cost Read more...

The supernatant recycling system installed at Bathurst Council’s water filtration plant, left, is just one example of CST Wastewater’s technology that will be showcased at Food Tech. CST Managing Director Mike Bambridge, right, will be on hand to share his decades of expertise in the water, wastewater and green energy industries. Leading exponents Read more...

A new study of Australian management attitudes towards environmental initiatives involving cleaner water and greener energy has found strongly increasing support among the people who are key to making such projects happen. The study, commissioned by CST Wastewater Solutions, finds industry is convinced about the potential financial viability of sustainable energy and water Read more...

High efficiency fine screening technology engineered to deliver low maintenance performance with reduced OHS hazards for municipal and industrial waste water schemes is demonstrating immediate results in one of its new applications CST Wastewater Solutions has installed SCF screen extractor technology for the co-joined towns of Harden and Murrumburrah to improve the treatment Read more...

Anaerobic digestion processes that radically improve the quality of waste water while delivering green energy extracted from biological waste streams are emerging as a profitable way for agricultural and food processing industries to cope with the twin impact of drought and pollution challenges. High-temperature thermophilic anaerobic digestion technologies, typically operating at 55 deg Read more...

An historic Australian college imbued with a strong sense of social responsibility has committed itself to a programme of water and energy conservation designed to deliver strong sustainability benefits also applicable to many other businesses and institutions. Avondale College at Cooranbong near Newcastle The historic 118-year-old Avondale College of Higher Read more...