The Geospatial Commission has launched the next phase in the building of a digital map of underground pipes and cables today, described as “a step closer to revolutionising construction and development in the UK.”
Three pilots in Devon, West Midlands and Northern Ireland will test how to identify and improve key data that helps inform decisions on whether land across the UK is used for housing, infrastructure or net zero.
Early results from a 12-month trial by water company United Utilities and Evergreen Water Solutions, as part of the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (BEIS IEEA), suggest power savings of up to 84% compared to a typical centrifuge.
Northumbrian Water is working with internet experts B4T and Welsh Water in trialling an innovation in smart water metering which could help customers avoid large bills.
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Andrew Welsh, Sales Director for Water Utilities at Xylem Water Solutions, UK & Ireland, discusses how acceptable levels of risk can reduce life cycle costs for utilities.
Matthew Margetts, Director of Sales and Marketing at Smarter Technologies takes a look at how connected technology is transforming the water utilities industry.
Vodafone has launched a new IoT-based smart platform – the unique technology will help water companies to integrate old and new sensors in one system, dramatically increasing operational efficiency.
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.
Welsh Water has successfully tested an innovative radar sensor that identifies network issues – helping to prevent internal sewer flooding or pollution incidents.
The University of York and Yorkshire Water are working together to establish a Centre of Excellence for anaerobic digestion (AD) research at the University and Yorkshire Water’s Naburn site as part of a £1.2 million project.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
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.