Quaternary treatment set to play key role in drive to find new water resources and improve wastewater treatment
With the need to find more water resources and improve wastewater treatment to strengthen the resilience of the UK’s water and wastewater infrastructure firmly at the top of the water sector agenda, quaternary treatment looks set to play a key role in the toolkit.
Mine water by-product unlocks development of city-centre brownfield site
Ochre from mine water treatment is being used to stabilise contaminated soil at a former lead works in Chester, making way for 126 new homes.
Sewer overflow reporting - drive to tackle I&I with “high fidelity” data
Following publication of the Environment Agency’s stringent new requirements for reporting on sewer overflows, water companies are under urgent pressure to quantify, report, and mitigate events caused by groundwater infiltration, explains Ryan Pearson, head of strategy at Metasphere, a Grundfos company.
Ovarro expands EnigmaREACH UK roll-out
Ovarro’s end-to-end leakage detection system, EnigmaREACH, has entered its fifth UK strategic deployment, as water companies adopt the proven technology to meet ambitious water loss targets.
HydroWing awarded additional 10MW in CfD, advancing world-leading tidal energy project at Morlais
HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects, part of Inyanga Marine Energy Group, has been awarded a further 10MW for its Ynni’r Lleuad Project at Morlais in Wales in yesterday’s announcement of the UK government’s Allocation Round 7a (AR7a) Contracts for Difference (CfD) awards.
US investors eye up PFAS waste destruction tech as concerns over forever chemicals grow
American investors are increasingly circling one of the most expensive and unresolved environmental liabilities in the United States: PFAS contamination.
NCC confirms next phase of Large Structures Innovation Centre, site location and launch partner
NCC, part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, and the University of Bristol, has confirmed that the Large Structures Innovation Centre (LSIC) will be located on the Isle of Wight.
AI-generated ‘expert in your pocket" in development by Northumbrian Water set to help lone workers
An AI-generated ‘expert in your pocket’ is in development by Northumbrian Water for lone workers in the field to help with making real-time decisions.
Ofwat - Water Innovation Fund opens its doors to innovators from outside water sector via £7.5m Water Discovery Challenge
The Water Innovation Fund is opening its doors to innovators from outside the water sector to enter bold solutions to the urgent challenges facing the industry in England and Wales, as it announces the return of the £7.5 million Water Discovery Challenge.
How satellite-enabled IoT tech can help water companies build a safer and sustainable water network
Eric Verheylewegen, VP Strategic Initiatives Enterprise and Land Mobile at Viasat, discusses how satellite-enabled IoT technology can help water companies build a safer and sustainable water network.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
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. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
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. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
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.”
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