Balfour Beatty to use UK’s largest EPB tunneller on £32m sewer scheme
Balfour Beatty has taken delivery of the largest UK-owned Earth Pressure Balanced tunnelling machine, as part of a £32m project to improve water quality in the Manchester Ship Canal for its customer, United Utilities.
WRc and Pure Technologies partner on pipeline condition venture
WRc, the innovation consultancy in the water, gas and waste and resources sectors has announced a partnership with Pure Technologies on an innovative underground asset monitoring solution.
Veolia and IBM partner to develop Smarter Water solutions for cities
Veolia and IBM have joined forces to deliver new digital urban solutions to transform water, energy and waste management services for cities, with water as the first focus of the partnership.
Australian researchers pioneer cheaper and faster clean water
A few seemingly non-descript ponds in the bush 250 kilometres north-east of Adelaide in South Australia are the catalyst for some innovative thinking on wastewater management by researchers at Flinders University.
Australia pioneers Dutch wastewater treatment solution - up to 50% savings on energy costs
Australia is set to receive its first Nereda® wastewater treatment installation at Queensland’s Kingaroy wastewater treatment plant.
Nestlé’s AD plant generates energy and income from wastewater
Clearfleau, UK market leaders in industrial anaerobic digestion (AD) for on-site renewable energy generation, has published the energy output results for its plant built for global food and beverage supplier Nestlé one year after commissioning.
Warning to UK utilities on pipe liner testing
A specialist laboratory that carries out quality tests on cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining installations has warned that some UK utilities are failing to carry out adequate assessments.
WRc trials new online innovation platform
WRc, the innovation consultancy, is trialling a new tool to promote discussion and develop collaborative solutions to help solve the problems and challenges faced by its clients in the water sector.
Shale gas colleges get Government go-ahead and funding
The first national UK shale colleges are getting the go-ahead today from Business, Enterprise & Energy Minister Matthew Hancock MP.
Deloitte: one-third of jobs in the UK at risk from automation
A new study is warning that technology, automation and robotics will cause a significant shift in the UK labour market in the next twenty years, with one-third (35%) of existing jobs at risk of being replaced.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
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. -
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.
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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