Southern Water’s digital sewers stop West Sussex village flooding
Artificial Intelligence installed by Southern Water beneath a West Sussex community’s feet saved homes from flooding when a fatberg formed.
Operational Intelligence: the new KPI for water utility companies
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Chris Payne, Co-founder & Director of PureTec Separations Ltd, discusses why operational intelligence is becoming the key to unlocking future performance, resilience and sustainability for the UK water sector.
Southern Water - ‘no-dig’ tech trial set to dramatically cut water pipe repair time
Southern Water has been able to cut the average time spent on suitable repair jobs from three hours to 15 minutes; new tech is set to dramatically cut the time needed to repair water pipes.
Retail market - Strategic Panel gives go-ahead to build £1.1 million smart meter read hub
The Strategic Panel which provides strategic direction and overseeing programmes of work to improve non-household customer outcomes, has given the go-ahead for a new ‘hub’ to enable wholesalers to share non-household customers’ smart meter reads with retailers easily and efficiently.
Biogas, forever chemicals and sand filtration: Cranfield supports three innovative projects to address water sector challenges
Cranfield University is involved with three projects recently awarded funding from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund Water Breakthrough Challenge. Winning a share of £42 million in funding, the projects will focus on solutions to some of the water sector’s biggest challenges.
Huge business names to be a part of Northumbrian Water’s Innovation Festival 2025
Well-known businesses from the worlds of data, technology and AI, including Siemens, Cognizant and CKDelta are joining forces to help to regenerate the water industry as part of Northumbrian Water’s Innovation Festival.
Confronting the crisis: how to tackle drought in an era of growing water scarcity
Antonin Fradin, Head of Smart Operations and Assets for SUEZ Digital Solutions, takes an in-depth look at how organisations tackle drought in an era of growing water scarcity.
Severn Trent to roll out SewerBall® technology to spot network problems three times faster
Following a successful trial by Severn Trent of an innovative new technology developed by French firm SUEZ to help detect potential problems in its sewer network, the water company now intends to purchase the devices and recruit a team of operators. The SewerBall® technology helped Severn Trent engineers detect potential problems in its network of sewer pipes up to three times more quickly than by using traditional methods.
Northern Lithium concludes successful Direct Lithium Extraction trials via processing of 3.5 million litres of brines
Northern Lithium Ltd has announced the successful conclusion of its recent programme of long term 60-day pump tests and Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) trials, which sought to further prove the commercial viability of lithium extraction from brines under the Northern Pennine Orefield in Co. Durham, Northeast of England.
Landmark commercial mine water heat scheme goes live in Wales
The Mining Remediation Authority has announced that Wales' first commercial mine water heat scheme using previously untapped heat from a mine water treatment scheme is live in Ammanford and providing low-carbon heat to a nearby industrial site.
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Pumps prove to be smooth operators for Anglian Water
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000. -
Owen Mace takes over as Director of BPF Plastic Pipes Group
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group. -
Ledbury engineering firm strengthens senior team as demand for water process systems grows
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets. -
BactoCloud platform for bNovate’s BactoSense instruments brings new understanding of water quality
bNovate has launched BactoCloud, a secure cloud-based platform that connects and manages its BactoSense instruments, enabling real-time monitoring and optimization of microbial water quality.
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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