Anglian Water has recently hit a huge milestone in its smart metering programme, with over 1.3 million smart meters now connected across the East of England. This marks the largest smart meter rollout of any UK water company.
Severn Trent and Netmore Group, the leading network operator for Massive IoT, have announced that Netmore has been selected to deploy and manage network services for one million smart meters across more than 20 counties.
Severn Trent has awarded a major AMP8 contract for the supply of AMI water meters on behalf of itself and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig - the contract had an estimated value of £200 million when it went out to tender in September last year.
United Utilities has selected Arqiva as their smart partner to deliver more than a million smart meters across the North West before 2030.
Affinity Water has announced the launch of its first-ever Smart metering initiative, starting in February with a trial in parts of the Harlow and Bishops Stortford areas, Hertfordshire.
In the first of a series of Expert Focus articles for WaterBriefing, John Lillistone Director of Water at Arqiva, global digital communications specialists for critical infrastructure, takes a look at how a move to outcomes-based contracting for smart metering can help water companies to reduce costs, streamline operations, enhance efficiency and help to foster innovation.
MOSL has announced plans to issue a Request for Information (RFI) for suppliers interested in developing a data sharing mechanism for smart meter data in the non-household market.
Anglian Water has announced that it has signed new contracts with its network partners Arqiva and alliance partners Kier and Clancy.
Retail water market operator MOSL is warning that funding and Price Control Deliverables (PCDs) for smart metering set out in Ofwat’s draft determinations create a significant risk that companies will not be able to deliver demand reductions during PR24 to stay on track for Defra’s 9% reduction target by 2038.
Northumbrian Water Group are looking for Expressions of Interest from suppliers to join its framework for smart metering installation works and services in the Northumbrian Water (NW) and Essex and Suffolk (ESW) operating areas.
“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.