Portsmouth Water is partnering in the UK’s largest deployment of water-source heating and cooling technology - the first of its kind technology transfers natural heat from an underground reservoir emitting 90% less CO2 emissions than a gas boiler and 50% less than air source heat pumps.
Dale Foster, Business Development Manager at wastewater technology specialists HUBER Technology, explores why water companies and urban developers/ built environment owners in the UK (exceptions in Scotland) have still not embraced the potential of using thermal energy from wastewater for renewable energy generation and as a source of potential revenue.
Southern Water’s Bluewave team are working with local councils and specialist suppliers on an innovative project to use the heat generated in the sewer network as a low carbon heating source in the community.
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.
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.
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.
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.”