08 Aug 2017

New Australian journal article linking benthic blue-green algae to highly potent toxins

It is well known that blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) releases toxins over its life cycle however most of the work has focused on the cyanobacteria that live in the water column (planktonic). A recently published… Read more
21 Jun 2017

New PET factory enables the manufacture of a number of water remediation products.

On Tuesday 11th April, 2017 PWS (ASX Code: PET) released an ASX announcement that the new multi-purpose manufacturing facility is in the final stages of development. A rapidly growing interest in Phoslock and other… Read more
22 Mar 2017

Western Narrows Lake, Western Australia – A shift away from blue green algae with the use of Phoslock

The Western Narrows Lake is one of a series of lakes in the Narrows Lakes Interchange located next to Mitchell Freeway and to the south of the CBD of Perth, WA. The City of… Read more
01 Feb 2017

“More than US$2.5 billion used to fight water pollution in China was misused” according to Chinese auditors

Over the last couple of days both Reuters and China Central Television (cctv.com) have reported that “China’s top auditor has found that 17.6 billion yuan (about 2.56 billion U.S. dollars) of fiscal funds earmarked… Read more
26 Jan 2017

Applying Phoslock to sections of water bodies partitioned by impermeable barriers

Phoslock is generally applied to the entire surface of a lake, however in very large water bodies or targeted localities this may not be possible due to budgetary or logistical constraints. In these situations,… Read more
23 Nov 2016

China’s fight against air pollution is showing progress but now the focus is on its growing issue of widespread water pollution

An article published in the Business Standard (www.business-standard.com) on the 20th November 2016 reported that China has made progress on reducing air pollution however “despite commitments to crack down on polluters, the quality of… Read more