UK water sector first - Scottish Water deploys ground-breaking tech to measure emissions from waste water treatment plants
In a UK water sector first, Scottish Water is deploying ground-breaking new technology for measuring emissions from waste water treatment plants.
Scottish Water Horizons’ Deerdykes Bioresources Centre generates 50 GWh of green electricity
Scottish Water Horizons’ Deerdykes Bioresources Centre near Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire has generated 50 GWh of green electricity – the equivalent of powering 13,500 homes for a year.
Wessex Water publishes routemap to net zero carbon emissions
Wessex Water has today published its routemap to achieve net zero operational carbon emissions by 2030 and full de-carbonisation of all aspects of its work by 2040, a decade ahead of the UK government’s 2050 target.
United Utilities - first UK water firm given gold standard stamp of approval for carbon targets
United Utilities has become the first UK water firm to receive the global Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) stamp of approval the company’s ambitious science-based emissions targets.
Advisory and academic panels working on Climate Assembly UK announced
As the UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change prepares to meet for the first time at the end of January, the two panels of stakeholders and researchers helping to ensure the balance and accuracy of the assembly have been announced.
UNEP calls for urgent action to meet Paris climate change emission goals
Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals to tackle dangerous climate change can still be met, according to a new UN assessment.
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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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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply. -
United Utilities accelerates investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across Northwest
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest. -
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