Yorkshire Water significantly expands AI-driven asset monitoring
Yorkshire Water is significantly expanding its predictive condition monitoring programme as part of its AMP8 investment. Once the AMP8 rollout is complete, Yorkshire Water will have more than 4,000 SAM4-monitored assets across its estate.
Schneider Electric launches EcoStruxure™ Water Advisor to enhance visibility and performance of water infrastructure
Schneider Electric has launched EcoStruxure™ Water Advisor, a cloud-based intelligence platform that enables utilities to see what is happening in their infrastructure in real time - pilot projects and early deployment are currently underway globally.
National Grid Ventures to invest $1.75 billion in Joulent platform – first project will provide power to Microsoft data centre campus in US
National Grid has announced that National Grid Ventures (NGV) has agreed to invest $1.75 billion to secure a 35% interest in Joulent LLC, as part of a broader strategic partnership.
New CCW research shows households back smart water meter rollout but lack clarity on benefits
Water companies should be seizing more opportunities to raise awareness among households of the potential financial and environmental benefits of smart water meters, according to new research by the Consumer Council for Water (CCW).
Amazon and Aganova to use AI to stop 165 million litres of water waste in Recife
Amazon and Aganova, a global leader in advanced leak detection for large-diameter pipelines, today announced a collaboration to reduce water loss in Recife's service network through AI-powered acoustic leak detection technology.
Northumbrian Water and Softwire secure £1.6 million for AI smart alarm to reduce water disruption
Northumbrian Water has been awarded £1.6 million from the Ofwat Innovation Fund to develop Smart Alarm Management (SAM), a project that will help teams respond more quickly to issues on the water and wastewater network.
Yorkshire Water - aerial mapping to prevent bathing water pollution identifies over 32,000 potential misconnections
Aerial mapping by Yorkshire Water to map the county’s bathing waters to help cut pollution has identified over 32,000 potential misconnections, with 2,800 connecting directly to watercourses.
Growing uptake of satellite technology - bridging the connectivity barrier for smarter water networks
Eric Verheylewegen, VP Strategic Initiatives Enterprise and Land Mobile at Viasat, takes a look at why the water sector in showing growing interest in using satellite technology to bridge the existing “not spots” connectivity barrier for smarter water networks.
Amazon data centres - 7 times more water-efficient than industry average
Amazon is reporting that its data centres are seven times more water-efficient than the industry average – saying it is constantly innovating to reduce the amount of water used, resulting in a 52% improvement in water efficiency since 2021.
Scottish Water Horizons - can Scotland support more data centres?
In a blog posted by Scottish Water, Colin Lindsay, Developer Services Manager at Scottish Water Horizons says that locating data centres in the right place is key to ensuring they are sustainable in terms of water resilience and wider infrastructure capacity.
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South West Water explores new approach to sludge dewatering in UK-first municipal trial
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards. -
Uniwater strengthens its UK presence with acquisition of Hy‑Ram Engineering
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England. -
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK. -
BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.
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