Affinity Water awards major contract to tackle water leaks using Fibre Optic Sensing technology
Affinity Water has awarded a major contract to Lightsonic to deploy its Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing (DFOS) leak detection technology, which is being trialled on Openreach’s existing fibre network. The contract marks a significant investment in the company’s strategy to reduce leakage across its water supply system.
Regulatory hurdles result in discontinuation of Fibre in Water project by Yorkshire Water and partners
A project to install fibre optic telecommunication cables within a section of the potable water pipe network has been discontinued due to ongoing regulatory hurdles primarily related to the requirement for Regulation 31 (Reg 31) approval from the Drinking Water Inspectorate.
Yorkshire Water and partners launch fibre in water pilot project
Yorkshire Water and its partners have formally launched a pilot in South Yorkshire to explore the potential for the UK's water networks to be used as a conduit for delivering high-speed broadband to homes and businesses.
New trial using water pipes to deliver high-speed broadband could turbocharge Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit
New proposals to accelerate the rollout of broadband without digging up roads would see fibre-optic cables deployed through 17 kilometres of live drinking water mains between Barnsley and Penistone in the government technology trial.
Yorkshire Water plans pilot to run fibre optic cables in water network
Yorkshire Water and partners have received a £1.2 million Government grant to investigate a pilot trial to run fibre optic cables in its water network - which would be a first for the UK.
£4m trial to provide broadband and mobile services across UK via water pipes will also help “radically reduce” leakage
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has launched a £4 million competition aimed at accelerating the rollout of broadband and mobile services via drinking water mains, together with helping to reduce leakage from the public water supply.
SSE Telecoms seeks supply chain input on installation of fibre optic cable into potable water mains network
SSE Telecoms (SSET ) is looking for supply chain input to understand the potential of designing and developing a cable connection system suitable for use in introducing a fibre optical cable into live potable water mains in the UK.
Thames Water sewer network used to support further fibre rollout in London - sewers could be key to 5G
SSE Enterprise Telecoms – one of the UK’s leading connectivity suppliers, and part of SSE plc – has today announced details of a fibre agreement with Three UK and O2 that will form the basis of enhanced fibre access in the country’s capital.
Anglian Water trials fibre-optic cables to find hidden leaks in water mains
Anglian Water engineers are about to begin a trial using fibre optic cables to detect hard to find leaks invisible to the naked eye in their water pipe network.
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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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
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.”
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