The UK’s water treatment industry has been keeping a keen eye on an upcoming technology that promises to revolutionise the way we treat waste water, all without the use of harsh chemicals. New tech to treat farm slurry and produce fertiliser trialled - Farmers Weekly...

As we are sure you are all aware the team at I-Phyc are very passionate about the environment so they decide to help a local river clean the water ways and have agreed to test their water quarterly to make sure it is of a good quality. The local newspaper The Frome...

All sectors are working to become more sustainable and reduce the impact they have on the environment. For the water industry, though, all this change has to be undertaken while continuing to deliver proper operations, safe drinking water and controlled effluent...

At the start of 2022, Mellby Gård and Feralco launched a joint investment initiative to scale-up sustainable water treatment solutions. Now, this initiative has made its first investment in UK-based company I-Phyc. I-Phyc have developed a carbon negative technology...

I-Phyc – the Mercia-backed company behind a nature-based wastewater treatment solution – has raised a further £2.3m to establish itself as the technological leader in ‘circular’ solutions to remove wastewater contaminants. The latest investment was led...

An overabundance of phosphorus in water can cause a number of adverse ecological effects. Traditionally, chemicals have been used for P removal. But a new process of removing phosphorus from wastewater using algae is becoming more and more established.  Here,...

Every few decades, infrastructure needs to be upgraded. This is true in every industry, but for sectors with annual budgets, like the water industry, it can be hard to justify the long-term investment required to replace obsolete infrastructure that is no longer fit...

I-Phyc has established an approach to wastewater treatment that harnesses the natural power of micro algae. Here, Dr Thea Ekins-Coward, Chief Scientific Officer at I-Phyc, provides an overview of the organisations’ technology and dives deep into the applications of...

Today we celebrate all women working in very male dominated positions, but we are especially celebrating the women that work at I-Phyc and specifically out Chief Scientific Officer Dr Thea Ekins-Coward. Overcoming severe injuries in a lab accident in 2016, she has...

Severn Trent is using I-Phyc’s algae-based method of removing phosphorus from wastewaterat Croxton Kerrial, owing to its efficacy, sustainability and its ability to work with variable flowrates. Read more here -...

Thank you to Mercia for their continued support of I-Phyc.   GreenTech water treatment firm raises £700k for roll-out - Mercia

Exclusive interview: H2O Global News Editor Sion Geschwindt spoke with Industrial Phycology Business Development Manager, Andrew Best, about the company’s unique approach to waste water treatment....

Dr. Dan Murray, who founded the company in 2012 and now the company’s CTO, has decided to re-focus his incredible talents in other areas of algal science and will be leaving full-time employment at I-Phyc. Dan had the foresight, drive and ambition to develop a...

I-Phyc has been talking to Drain Trader UK about how the water industry can get to Net Zero with a little help from Algae and I-Phyc… Read more here.

Some great innovation happening in the UK which is truly making a big social impact in 2021. Check out Russell Bright & Industrial Phycology. https://150sec.com/150secs-top-20-impact-startups-in-the-uk-in-2021/16278/

I-Phyc has been featured in the latest issue of the quarterly Institute of Water Magazine. The article centres on the pros and cons of different artificial and natural wastewater treatment techniques, including the algae-based methods employed by I-Phyc. Read more on...

Last month Peter Vale, Severn Trent Water UK and UKWIR (UK Water Industry Research) presented to European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform the I-Phyc technology of removing unwanted nutrients from municipal wastewater with Low/Zero carbon footprint. We are mentioned in...

Sensors for Water Interest Group picked up on the fact that we are speaking at the WWT Future of Phosphorus Removal in Wastewater conference. Come and be part of the conversation....