Affinity Water is helping Watford Football Club reduce water use and boost sustainability across its Vicarage Road Stadium, through a series of on-site surveys, device installations and sharing guidance with its staff designed to cut waste and improve efficiency.
A recent Affinity Water trial aimed at assessing the impact of a behavioural change campaign on water usage has yielded impressive results.
Affinity Water has announced a significant milestone in its innovation journey with the successful creation of a Water Positive development in Bidwell, Central Bedfordshire in collaboration with Independent Water Networks Ltd (IWNL).
Severn Trent Water and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy are seeking input from suppliers as they develop their Smart Metering Initiative.
Customer behaviour and choices – rather than socioeconomics and weather – are the key to understanding household water use to help meet ambitious reductions in water abstraction, an UKWIR Big Questions project has revealed.
A global initiative to create the utility company of tomorrow has taken a significant step forward as Peter Simpson, Anglian Water’s Chief Executive and the driving force behind the programme, called on more companies from around the world to step up to a new set of challenges.
The targeted use of behavioural ‘nudges’ can encourage people to conserve water, according to a new research study by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
One year on from the launch of the Waterwise Water Efficiency Strategy for the UK in June 2017, the project, which has led to a major policy shift supporting greater demand management, continues to go from strength to strength.
The Blueprint for Water coalition is calling for water companies’ 2019 Price Review investment plans to deliver a ‘water neutral’ PR19 and for the firms to ensure that no overall increase in the amount of water is abstracted from rivers and groundwater - despite increases in population and climate change.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
bNovate has launched BactoCloud, a secure cloud-based platform that connects and manages its BactoSense instruments, enabling real-time monitoring and optimization of microbial water quality.