South West Water is working with the University of Exeter to test the use of drone technology and thermal imaging for leak detection. Laboratory tests of the thermal cameras have proved positive and field-scale trials are planned for 2017.

The European Commission has co-produced a new interactive mapping tool consisting of 3 million satellite images collected over the past 32 years which highlight changes in the Earth's surface water.

The Carbon Trust is looking for UK manufacturers that want to improve the energy efficiency of their water treatment processes and are willing to test a new web-based tool designed to support this goal.

Atlantis Resources Ltd, a global leader in the tidal power sector, has announced another significant milestone in the development of MeyGen, Europe’s largest tidal power project, which is currently being built in the Pentland Firth.

An industry-leading innovative partnership between Northumbrian Water and data management specialists 1Spatial has created a new digital mapping system which is expected to reduce the cost of surveying the sewer network from £10 million to £2.5 million and cut the time taken to complete the process from five years to two years.

New wastewater system design guidelines developed at the University of British Columbia in Canada  can help better protect aquatic life and save millions of dollars a year by preventing the formation of phosphorous deposits.