The registration process has now opened to apply for tickets for Northumbrian Water’s Innovation Festival in which takes pace at Newcastle Racecourse between 7th-10th July 2025.
Scottish Water has turned to ultra high-pressure robotics in a UK-first to remove decades of industrial deposits blocking a strategic sewer in South Lanarkshire.
Following a successful pilot in Sheffield, Yorkshire Water has today announced the development of a region-wide smart metering framework which will see more than 1 million devices, including 360,000 smart meters, fitted to homes and businesses by 2030.
Northumbrian Water Group’s Head of Innovation, Angela MacOscar and HP Nanda, Divisional CEO (Water Utility) at global water and pump solutions company Grundfos have shared their predictions for the water sector in 2023.
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory is calling upon businesses within the water industry to take advantage of funding offered by Innovate UK as part of its Analysis for Innovators (A4I) programme.
The Environment Agency and Newcastle City Council have launched an innovative pilot to give residents and visitors to Newcastle the chance to boost their flood resilience.
Yorkshire Water has concluded a trial of temperature monitors which will see the water company save an estimated 58 million litres of water in a year - the technology will now be considered for wider roll out.
Severn Trent is set to install up to 1,800 smart water meters in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham to gain a better understanding of the water network.
Binnies, part of leading integrated, environmental, engineering and technical services RSK group, has formed a new partnership with digital technology specialists iVapps to support digitalisation of water networks.
United Utilities is trialling innovative technology which could spot water bursts before they happen.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.