A cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to detect blockages in sewers has shown an almost 90 per cent accuracy rate in a recent trial.
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Greg Moyle, Head of Energy at SAP UK & Ireland explains how tech is helping water utilities answer the big four sustainability challenges.
Anglian Water has become the first utility to adopt new cloud-based technology to detect rising main sewer bursts.

South East Water (SEW) is looking to suppliers for more information about market capability, trends and align innovative opportunities with existing technologies and understand how it can drive a more efficient operation through IoT, analytics and AI digital transformation.
A new initiative to help harness Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies to transform how the world tackles environmental issues has been launched this week at the World Economic Forum's first Sustainable Development Impact Summit.
“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.