Leakage

Innovation in the Pipeline

Leak detection technology heading in a new and exciting direction

Northumbrian’s Innovation Festival set to return in hybrid form

Leak repair tool wins Future Water innovation award

Yorkshire deploys quick response valves

Water Saving Week focuses on non-domestic efficiency

Defra threatened with legal action over CSOs

An environmental group has threatened legal action against environment minister Rebecca Pow’s department for not dealing comprehensively with combined sewer overflows.

Ofwat names innovation competition winners

Water metering could save 0.5% of total carbon emissions

Thames Water hits half million smart meter milestone

Scottish Water puts net zero at heart of transformation

Scottish Water’s decarbonisation strategy works back from the net-zero target of 2045 to establish what needs to be achieved and when – as well as who will pay. As part of our Countdown to COP series, chief executive Douglas Millican talks to Ruth Williams about taking a long-term view and how the company sought public backing for its plans.

Anglian sets out £630m investment for 2021

Anglian has set out how it will spend £630 million from 2021/22 across its region with a focus on leakage, strategic infrastructure projects and protecting waterways including chalk streams.

Southern awards £14.5m meter read contracts

Southern has awarded contracts worth £14.5 million to Morrison Data Services for AMP7 with an option to extend beyond the current price control. It will cover meter reading and support to carry out two million visits each year.

UU ‘on track for lowest ever leakage’

United Utilities has said it is on track for its lowest leakage rates ever in the first year of AMP7 and has more than halved its supply interruptions during the past year. In a trading update published ahead of its full year results to 31 March, the company also confirmed it has recorded no serious pollution incidents for a second year.

Ofwat’s £40m innovation round to kick off in May

The main round of Ofwat's innovation competition kicks off in May with collaboration encouraged for entries that can win £1 million to £10 million to advance and commercialise ideas, models and processes that will benefit the whole sector. The regulator has also updated on activity in the first round of the Innovation in Water Challenge.

Affinity ramps up home efficiency checks

Affinity's customers have saved thousands of litres of water in the past few months thanks to virtual home visits that let the company remotely share advice on reducing consumption without entering peoples' homes.