South East Water to use behavioural economics to influence customer behaviour
South East Water is the first water company to join forces with behavioural science experts Advizzo to develop new innovative approaches that empower customers to better control the water they use and therefore the bill they pay.
Scottish Water enters next phase of £3m Cambuslang wastewater network upgrade
Scottish Water is entering the next phase of a £3 million upgrade to the waste water network in Cambuslang which will improve the environment.
Irish Water progresses €7 million investment plans
Irish Water is progressing with its plans to upgrade the Malahide Water Supply Scheme in a project which will see it invest €2 million to construct a new reservoir north of Seamount Heights and 2kms of new trunk water mains providing 2,300m3 of additional water storage for the Malahide and Portmarnock area.
House of Fraser extends water services deal with Business Stream
House of Fraser has switched a further eight of its stores in England to Business Stream for water services. The move follows Business Stream’s successful partnership at three of the retailer’s flagship stores which were transferred in June last year.
Galliford Try expects to report record full year results
Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction group, is expecting to report record full year results, according to its latest trading update published this morning for the year ended 30 June 2016.
Infrastructure Minister tells NI Water to halt meter installation
Chris Hazzard, Minister for Infrastructure in the Northern Ireland Assembly, has instructed NI Water to cease any further installation of water meters in domestic properties while legislation is brought to the Assembly.
Welsh Water gives customers say over how profits should be spent
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is to be the first UK utility company to give its three million customers the chance to influence how tens of millions of pounds of potential profit should be spent.
C2V+ completes £4.5m Allonby bathing water improvement scheme
VolkerStevin and CH2M joint venture C2V+ has completed United Utilities’ only Bathing Water Directive output for the last financial year.
New independent Chair appointed for Northumbrian Water customer challenge groups
A new independent Chair of Northumbrian Water Group’s Water Forums has been appointed - Jim Dixon will chair two panels representing customers that challenge and guide Northumbrian Water and Essex & Suffolk Water.
MeyGen signs ground-breaking deal to combine wind and tidal power output
Leading tidal power company Atlantis has announced that a ground-breaking deal between the company’s majority owned MeyGen project and a nearby wind farm development to facilitate access to the distribution grid for other renewable energy projects.
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ABB launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations. -
Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets. -
Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
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Southern Water showcases last footage inside Yew Hill Reservoir before filling
Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water. -
Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply. -
United Utilities accelerates investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across Northwest
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