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A hydropower renaissance is underway in Southeast Asia as generation capacity is set to double in the next ten years across Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and the Philippines, according to engineering and construction company Black & Veatch.

Banks of high intensity ultra violet lamps have been installed in water channels at United Utilities’ sewage works in Millom as part of an £18m refurbishment.

Bristol Water has announced that it will launch a new service enabling its customers to pay their bills via mobile phone in 2015.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has submitted plans to install 20,000 solar panels to generate renewable energy at its Five Fords wastewater treatment works nr Marchwiel, Wrexham.

Renewable electricity projects will compete for £300 million in support this autumn with up to £235 million dedicated to less established technologies, such as offshore wind and marine.

Marine energy companies Minesto and Atlantis Resources Ltd have been awarded €750,000 from the EU's Eurostars Programme to reduce the cost of tidal power plants by creating cost effective high reliability tidal turbine blades and wings of composite materials.

For the first time in the UK, Severn Trent Water has  injected the largest quantity of green gas produced from sewage generated by around 2.5 million people into gas pipes serving homes in the Birmingham area.

WRc is piloting gamification as a means of driving water efficiency in a number of key  target areas.

Leading global consultancy Deloitte is warning that while technology investments are identified as a strategic priority by many companies,  Chief Iformation Officer innovation budgets remain insignificant .

Severn Trent Water has chosen an integrated solution from Paragon and TranSend Solutions to plan, schedule and capture real time information on all sludge tankering collection and disposal jobs. 

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