Thames Water has gone out to tender with a contract for its Future Smart Metering Programme for AMP8 and beyond with a total estimated value of £1.584 billion including VAT.

In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Gary Adams, Operations Director for Water at Calisen, who previously led Northumbrian Water's £160m metering programme, takes a look at why smart meter installation counts are the easiest number to publish and the least useful for understanding whether AMP8 is working. Commissioning accuracy rates, workforce capability and accreditation levels alongside installation volumes are also needed to hit AMP8 target of 10.4 million smart meters by 2030.

Thames Water is inviting interested suppliers to register for a webinar covering its future smart metering programme for AMP8 and beyond it is holding at 1.30 pm on 19 October 2026.

Thames Water has upgraded more than 90,000 business water meters to smart technology, as part of its biggest network upgrade in 150 years - more than half of the company's 170,000 metered business customers now have smart meters.

Portsmouth Water has partnered with Vyntelligence (Vyn®), the Agentic Video Intelligence Work Platform, to help more customers understand and reduce their water use through personalised water efficiency advice.

Scottish Water has awarded a contract for Meter Data Management System (MDMS) to support the nationwide rollout of AMI smart metering to ~135,000 business customers by providing the central data management platform for smart meter data.

Neal Edmonson, Client Director who leads the Water Networks team at BFY Group, one of Europe’s fastest-growing management consultancies, discusses what water can learn from energy's smart meter rollout.

Doncaster is the next major city set for a smart meter upgrade as Yorkshire Water reaches its 250,000 milestone in its ambitious programme to exchange 1.4 million meters across the region.

MOSL has published its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2025/26, highlighting a year of strong operational performance and carefully managed improvement programmes.

Kier is set to continue delivering vital maintenance and improvements across South West Water’s operational region over the next two years, following an extension to its role on the Network Services Alliance (NSA).