Flottweg to spotlight decanter and disc stack separators at Water Indonesia 2026
Flottweg will showcase its decanter centrifuges, disc stack separators and belt presses at Water Indonesia 2026, 9–12 September 2026, at JIExpo Kemayoran in Jakarta, a report published 4 September 2026 confirms. The display targets municipal and industrial liquid–solid separation, covering dewatering, resource recovery and energy-efficient operation, with all units built in Germany to ISO 9001. For plant managers and procurement leads in South East Asia, the event is a chance to compare mechanical separation options against tightening regional discharge rules.
Lahore's largest wastewater plant gets federal nod, August 2026
On 21 August 2026, Ecnec approved Rs56bn for what is described as the country's largest wastewater treatment plant, to be built at Babu Sabu in Lahore, with launch expected within six months once bidding is complete (Dawn, published 22 August 2026). Funding is split 24pc from the provincial housing department and 74pc from France's AFD. The 12-month pre-construction, 42-month build and 36-month O&M programme covers central-Lahore flows from the Cantt Drain, Multan Road and Gulshan-i-Ravi pumping stations, with reuse products from Phase II onward. For operators and bidders, the headline signal is an imminent, AFD-financed municipal tender of national scale.
NGT panel flags serious lapses in Sukinda chromite effluent treatment, Aug 2026
A joint inspection committee told India's National Green Tribunal East Zone Bench that a private ferro alloys company mining chromite in Sukinda valley is failing on drainage, overburden dump stabilisation and hexavalent chromium effluent treatment, with untreated runoff reaching Damasala Nallah. The panel reported untreated Cr6+ more than 100 times the 0.05 mg/L norm and recommended an immediate ETP upgrade plus a centralised Cr6+ facility with tertiary treatment for the whole valley. Published 26 August 2026, the NGT bench posted the case to 2 November, so any plant in the chromite or ferro-alloys supply chain should expect tighter monitoring and ETP upgrade orders.
AUDA halts Jaspur water treatment plant after ₹20 cr spend, Sept 2026
The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority has halted construction of a ₹150 crore water treatment plant in Jaspur after spending more than ₹20 crore, with the site now earmarked for an international-standard sports complex on a PPP basis, The Times of India reported on 8 September 2026. AUDA plans to relocate the plant to a 78,000 sq m plot under TP Scheme No. 229, with sources estimating three to four years to complete the new build and higher costs on retendering. The halt delays drinking-water delivery to 55 villages along the SP Ring Road tied to a separate ₹240 crore Jal Jeevan Mission pipeline project. For operators and procurement leads, the event underlines how a mid-project site change can extend a municipal plant's delivery window and inflate per-MLD capex well beyond the original tender figure.
IIT-Kanpur unveils automated solar-and-sand wastewater system, August 2026
In a report published 21 August 2026, IIT-Kanpur researchers led by Prof Shantanu Bhattacharya unveiled an automated industrial wastewater treatment system that uses locally available sand, zinc oxide on a galvanised sheet, and solar photocatalysis, and has been demonstrated at a textile plant in Jaipur where BOD dropped from 156 mg/L to 10 mg/L and COD from 2,400 mg/L to 125 mg/L after 2–3 hours of solar treatment. The system uses inline pH, TDS and colour sensors, has been patented, and is now being extended to food wastewater and hydrogen production. For plant managers and procurement leads in textile, steel and food processing, it is a solar-driven polishing stage designed to sit between a coag-floc/sand-filter front end and a final carbon filter or membrane polish, with treated water already being reused for washing and plantation at the Jaipur site.
Nepal's Department of Industry orders Sirsiya River polluters to build ETPs, September 2026
On 2 September 2026, Nepal's Department of Industry told factories along the Sirsiya River in the Bara–Parsa industrial corridor to stop direct discharge and to install Effluent Treatment Plants, individually or collectively, citing a study carried out in 2080 BS. The same day, Industry Minister Gauri Kumari gave industrialists a one-week deadline to begin remedial work and said a ministry inspection team would visit Simra and Birgunj the following week, with legal action to follow. For plant operators and buyers, the directive effectively mandates primary, biological and tertiary treatment for untreated sewage and industrial waste currently going straight into the river, making ETP and CETP upgrades the immediate procurement priority.
Madhya Pradesh judicial panel blames sewage contamination for 24 Indore deaths, Aug 2026
A Madhya Pradesh High Court judicial commission has concluded that 24 of 36 deaths in Indore's Bhagirathpura locality between December 2025 and January 2026 were directly caused by sewage wastewater entering municipal drinking-water pipelines. Reported on 28 August 2026, the approximately 600-page report by retired Justice Sushil Kumar Gupta blames pipeline-replacement and tendering delays and names 8–10 officials as responsible, while recommending higher compensation and preventive steps. For plant managers and procurement leads, the finding turns the engineering priority from biological capacity to distribution-network integrity, packaged disinfection, and a treatment train that can be deployed fast enough to bridge any pipeline-renewal gap.
Dhaka survey maps 224 waste outlets into Buriganga and Turag, August 2026
A government survey presented in Dhaka on 13 August identified 224 waste-discharge outlets into the Buriganga (166) and Turag (58) rivers, according to a Daily Sun opinion piece published 14 August 2026. The World Bank's January 2026 appraisal, cited in the same piece, estimates more than 7,000 factories discharge about 2,400 million litres of untreated industrial effluent into Dhaka-area rivers and canals each day, with associated costs of about $2.83 billion a year. A $370 million World Bank program approved in February 2026 funds IoT-based real-time pollution monitoring at industrial effluent outlets. For operators and procurement teams, the message is that intermittent compliance and one-day inspection passes are giving way to continuous monitoring and public disclosure, reshaping the specification case for ETP upgrades and water-reuse systems.
Ayodhya commissions 33 MLD STP and I&D network under Namami Gange, Aug 2026
On 28 August 2026, the National Mission for Clean Ganga reported that Ayodhya has commissioned a 33 MLD sewage treatment plant and a city-wide interception and diversion network of drains under the Namami Gange Programme, built at a reported cost of ₹260 crore. The drain works were completed in 2021 and the STP became operational in 2025, adding to a pre-existing 12 MLD plant and a 2018-approved 5 MLD drain I&D project. For operators and procurement leads, the project illustrates how a 30–35 MLD municipal STP is delivered as a single package bundling interception and biological treatment, and what realistic approval-to-commissioning timelines look like for a similar river-city scheme.
Punjab plans Rs 31bn Lahore surface water project, September 2026
On 4 September 2026, the Punjab government was reported to be planning a Rs31 billion project to shift Lahore's water supply from groundwater to treated surface water, drawing 54 MGD from the BRB Canal at a new SWTP near Bhaini Road. WASA Lahore runs 594 tube wells lifting 329 MGD, and 99% of its supply currently comes from the aquifer, with groundwater falling three to five feet per year. The CDWP has cleared the PC-I and ECNEC approval is the next step, with AIIB providing a $235 million financing package that also covers a trunk sewer from Larech Colony to Gulshan-e-Ravi. For plant managers, it signals a major procurement window for surface water intake, clarification and filtration equipment sized to a 54 MGD first phase scaling to 540 MGD.
EU and France commit €118 million for Durrës wastewater upgrade, September 2026
On 9 September 2026, the EU, the French Development Agency (AFD) and Albania launched the first phase of a €118 million project to upgrade Durrës' wastewater infrastructure, combining an €85 million EU grant and a €33.4 million AFD loan. The scheme will expand the city's wastewater treatment plant to 350,000 population equivalents, connect 100,000 additional residents and lift treatment coverage from an estimated 20% to 85%. For plant managers, utility engineers and procurement leads, it is one of the largest EU-aligned municipal wastewater packages in the Western Balkans, with works expected to start in 2027.
Delhi High Court flags untreated Yamuna sewage, orders drain and STP action, August 2026
On 25 August 2026, the Delhi High Court said it was "extremely concerned" over untreated sewage reaching the Yamuna and ordered municipal agencies to act on open drains, STP upgrades and the redevelopment of 27 non-conforming industrial areas. The Delhi Jal Board told the Court that installed STP capacity was 814.26 MGD on 24 August 2026, with a 1,041.10 MGD target by 31 December 2027. Twenty-eight decentralised plants of 29 are awarded for completion by January 2028, nine STPs are being upgraded to the NGT 10/10 standard, and a further 13-plant 328 MGD package is pending NMCG review. For operators and buyers, the signal is sustained municipal demand for biological treatment, treated-stream segregation and 10/10-compliant reuse packages through 2027–2028.
Sri Lanka lays foundation for Rs 160 million Medawela water plant, Aug 2026
On 26 August 2026, a foundation stone was laid for a Rs. 160 million water treatment plant in Medawela, Uva Paranagama, Sri Lanka, according to a report published 27 August 2026. The fully state-funded National Water Supply and Drainage Board project is sized at 2,000 m³/day and will serve about 5,292 consumers across four villages. The announced scope covers aeration, coagulation, sedimentation, rapid sand filters, a chemical and administrative building, backwash facilities and a pumping station. For plant managers and procurement leads, the project signals active small-municipal drinking-water investment in Sri Lanka, with packaged clarification, filtration and chemical dosing skids in the 1–5 MLD class most likely to align with this scope.
Sewage lorries turn Thennai's Thangal Lake into a cesspool, Sept 2026
On 8 September 2026, The Times of India reported that about 20 sewage tanker lorries a night have been dumping untreated waste into the canal leading to Thangal Lake, a 35-acre waterbody in Puthur village near Nedungundram on the southeastern fringe of Chennai, roughly 5 km from Tambaram Corporation limits. The canal also carries sewage from more than 3,000 houses, and about 10,000 residents in six surrounding neighbourhoods report groundwater concerns, fish kills and flooding when the lake overflows. The St Thomas Mount block development officer said the area would be inspected and action taken against illegal discharge. For plant operators and procurement teams, the case is a live example of what happens when the conveyance-to-treatment chain breaks at a peri-urban catchment scale.
U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria tops out new Hohenfels sewage building, August 2026
USAG Bavaria held a Hebefest, or topping-out ceremony, at the Hohenfels, Germany sewage treatment site on 12 August 2026, celebrating placement of the roof on a new operations and personnel building, according to a report published 27 August 2026 on Army.mil. The Directorate of Public Works is delivering a full repair of the plant while it remains in full operation, using redundant basins and pumps to switch off one unit at a time. For operators and procurement leads, the project is a live biological-train refurbishment scoped around parallel aeration basins and duty/standby pumps, with the new building supporting the crews who will take the remaining basins and buildings offline in turn.
Delhi MPD-2047 sets 1,285 MGD sewage treatment target by 2047
On 20 August 2026 the Delhi Development Authority unveiled the Master Plan for Delhi 2047, setting a target of about 1,285 MGD of installed sewage treatment capacity by 2047, equivalent to treating nearly 80% of supplied water, against projected potable demand of 1,600 MGD. The plan proposes intercepting all 22 major Yamuna drains, decentralised STPs for dense unplanned areas, and mandatory reuse of treated sewage for irrigation. For plant operators and equipment suppliers, this signals a multi-year pipeline of interceptor-sewer, decentralised STP and reuse-tertiary packages for the Delhi market.
Karnataka gives large apartments 15 days to make STPs operational, Sept 2026
On 3 September 2026, Karnataka Environment Minister Ramalinga Reddy told KSPCB to give large apartment complexes 15 days to bring on-site sewage treatment plants into full operation or face criminal action, with industrial layouts given three to six months. Bengaluru generates 1,800 MLD of sewage a day and discharges 600 MLD untreated, and more than 500 apartment complexes have already been flagged for STP violations, with existing fines of INR 5 lakh for faulty units and up to INR 3 crore for missing plants. For operators and EPC buyers in the residential and small-layout segment, the notice re-prices compliance risk overnight and forces an audit-and-repair cycle on biological and tertiary stages rather than a greenfield build.
Chlorine gas leak at Nagpur water plant hospitalises 40, August 2026
A chlorine gas leak at a water treatment plant in Nagpur on 24 August 2026 sent around 40 people to hospital, with four to five admitted to the ICU, according to NDTV. Authorities restricted access within a 200-metre radius as a precaution. The incident is the latest reminder for utility engineers and procurement leads that on-site chlorine storage and dosing rooms remain a frontline safety risk. It reinforces the case for redundant leak detection, scrubber capacity and, in dense urban settings, a review of whether tonner chlorine is still the right fit or whether on-site generation or alternative disinfectants should be specified.
Andijan region eyes China-backed 100,000 m³/day water plant, September 2026
On 5 September, Uzbekistan's Andijan region and China's CHINA CAMCE held a video meeting to discuss a cluster of infrastructure projects, headlined by a proposed 100,000 m³/day drinking water treatment plant at the Kampirovot water intake. The agenda also included an 81.4-kilometer main water pipeline on the Khanabad-Asaka route, modernization of Andijan city's wastewater treatment facilities, and a cross-border industrial, trade and logistics center. No contract values, timelines or financing structures were disclosed. For plant managers, utility engineers and procurement leads in the 50–150 MLD municipal band, this is a large, export-finance-tied opportunity worth tracking once a binding tender and financing vehicle are published.
Azerbaijan levels Shushi cemetery for wastewater plant, September 2026
On 8 September 2026, The Armenian Report and NEWS.am reported that a centuries-old Armenian-Russian cemetery in Shushi was cleared between 9 and 14 May 2026 to make way for a wastewater and stormwater treatment plant, part of a broader redevelopment plan. Caucasus Heritage Watch used satellite imagery to document the loss of at least 40 historic monuments, including five 12th- and 13th-century khachkars and 35 gravestones from 1810 to 1871. For plant managers and buyers, the event is a greenfield combined-sewer build in the small-municipal class, where civil-works clearance, heritage sensitivities and equipment selection are decided before any process line is installed.
Delhi STP tender under ACB scrutiny over 2021 IFAS deal, August 2026
A report published 20 August 2026 sets out a 2021 timeline behind a Delhi Jal Board STP upgradation tender now under Anti-Corruption Branch scrutiny. The Terms of Reference, finalised at 21 and 23 December 2021 meetings, prescribe IFAS with fixed media for 100 per cent of the upgradation and underpin a Rs 1,546.32-crore block estimate to lift capacity from 215 MGD to 297 MGD across four packages. The report also covers WhatsApp evidence of pre-tender document sharing. A separate 6 September 2026 report places the disputed package inside a wider DJB plan to add 460 MGD of new STP capacity at an estimated ₹5,000 crore by December 2028. For operators and procurement teams, the case turns on how TOR-level technology choices constrain bidders.
Kolkata Pink Line wins KMC clearance on Barrackpore trunk-road water mains, Sept 2026
On 3 September 2026, Construction World reported that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation issued a no-objection certificate letting Kolkata Metro shut a 48-inch water transmission main under the Barrackpore Trunk Road, clearing the main obstacle to the long-delayed 12.5-km Pink Line between Baranagar and Barrackpore. The KMC simultaneously approved a new 72-inch replacement main from the Indira Gandhi Water Treatment Plant at Palta to the Talla Pumping Station. A Rs 15.873 billion tender for the elevated viaduct and ten stations has been floated, and the project is expected to be built in phases as contracts are finalised.
Alfa Laval stock steadies on WEFTEC 2026 biosolids tie-up with AquaGreen
On 2 September 2026, AD HOC NEWS reported that Alfa Laval's share price drew investor interest after the group used WEFTEC 2026 to deepen a biosolids partnership with AquaGreen and to publish a full-scale decanter centrifuge versus screw press case study. The 28 August 2026 study credits an optimized decanter configuration with higher cake dry solids and lower polymer use than both a screw press and a conservative decanter setting. For plant managers and procurement leads, the relevance is the linkage between validated dewatering performance and tightening municipal biosolids regulations, which Alfa Laval is using to support medium-term order intake and recurring service revenue in its wastewater and sludge treatment business.
Jasper recommissions wastewater lagoon with $7.9M tri-government funding, Sept 2026
On 2 September 2026, federal, provincial and municipal governments jointly committed $7.9 million to recommission Jasper's previously decommissioned wastewater lagoon, announced in the Alberta town by Federal Emergency Management and Community Resilience Minister Eleanor Olszewski. Ottawa is providing more than $3.9 million via the Build Communities Strong Fund, Alberta more than $2.2 million and the Municipality of Jasper $1.9 million, lifting the federal Jasper recovery total past $905 million. For plant managers and procurement leads, the package is a hydraulic-resilience play: extra storage for peak periods, maintenance windows and power outages, with reduced spill risk to the Athabasca River watershed, tied to the rebuild of homes lost in the July 2024 wildfire.
ADIMEM acquires Aquaporin's membrane platform in Denmark, Sept 2026
Vipul Organics' membrane unit ADIMEM Technologies acquired an industrial membrane sheet manufacturing platform from Denmark's Aquaporin through a competitive bidding process, in a deal reported on 1 September 2026 by ET Manufacturing. The platform — covering membrane casting, coating, drying and process-control systems — will be relocated from Aquaporin's Danish facility to ADIMEM's Sayakha plant in Gujarat, India. The move adds advanced RO and NF casting capability to ADIMEM's existing RO, NF, UF, MF and MBR portfolio for industrial water treatment, wastewater recycling, desalination and process separation, giving buyers another vertically integrated membrane source to weigh in tenders.
Senegal restarts Baie de Hann wastewater build-out, August 2026
On 12 August 2026, Dutch Water Sector reported that construction is well underway at Baie de Hann on the eastern edge of Dakar, where a new wastewater treatment plant and an interceptor sewer network are being built to end the decades-long flow of untreated domestic and industrial discharge into one of West Africa's most polluted bays. Once operational, the system is designed to improve living conditions for more than half a million people, with Van Oord delivering key elements of the wastewater infrastructure alongside the Government of Senegal, Invest International, AFD, the EU and other partners. For plant managers and procurement leads, the programme signals tighter industrial pre-treatment requirements and a central works-plus-interceptor configuration that should be factored into bid pricing for similar tropical coastal catchments.
Milwaukee's Milorganite plant marks 100 years of recycling wastewater microbes, Sept 2026
On 8 September 2026, ScienceBlog.com recapped a century of biosolids recycling at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, where microbes that treat the city's wastewater are dried at 900-1,200 °F and pelletised into the Milorganite lawn fertiliser. The report, drawing on the district's own history page, puts the running total at over 10.5 billion pounds of pellets shipped since the first railcar left Jones Island on 10 February 1926, and a NACWA award citation credits the district with over ten billion pounds diverted from landfill. For plant managers and procurement leads, the story is a working example of converting waste activated sludge into a revenue product instead of a disposal line item.
Greece scales up sewer mining for irrigation water, September 2026
On 4 September 2026, The Cool Down reported that Greece is scaling up sewer mining to convert wastewater into irrigation water as drought and hotter weather squeeze supplies. The Markopoulo project, inaugurated in December 2025 by the Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company and the National Technical University of Athens, uses membrane bioreactor and ultraviolet treatment, plus solar power and digital monitoring. Earlier pilots at Metamorfosi and Goudi Park proved the concept for unrestricted urban irrigation. For plant managers and municipal buyers, the signal is that decentralized MBR-plus-ultraviolet reuse skids are now being deployed to protect potable supplies while keeping public green spaces irrigated.
Youngstown, Ohio eyes 30-year loan as $170M sewage upgrades drive rate hikes
At a 25 August 2026 public meeting at Youngstown's Covelli Centre, city officials told residents the city is spending about $170 million on two federally ordered sewer projects, funded through a 30-year municipal loan. Sewer rates are set to rise through 2028 and again from 2029 onward, and the new Poland Avenue wet-weather treatment plant plus Mill Creek Park interceptor work are due to finish in 2031 and 2032. For plant managers and procurement leads, the project signals a multi-100,000 PE hydraulic retrofit under a federal consent decree, with demand skewed toward screening, equalisation and biological-stage peak-flow capacity rather than full tertiary rebuilds.
Sewage pipeline bursts hit Greek tourist beaches for second straight summer, August 2026
An opinion article published on 19 August 2026 by eKathimerini.com documents a pattern of summer sewage-pipeline failures at Greek tourist beaches, including pipeline ruptures at Papanikoli beach in Crete and Akrotiri in Halkidiki, plus a power-cut-related spill at Nikiti. The article reports that only eight of 275 Greek biological wastewater treatment plants route sludge to composting or drying, and only four reuse treated water. For plant managers and procurement leads, the takeaway is a procurement signal around trunk-main reinforcement, biological-stage redundancy and tertiary reuse on seasonal municipal catchments.
