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A window to innovation

Last month Anglian expanded its Shop Window project, which aims to use the town of Newmarket as a live testbed for innovative solutions to the problems the water sector is facing now, and for the future. Utility Week chats to the driving forces behind the project.

4 years ago

Pollard: We need to turn water industry on its head

4 years ago

Alliance formed to stop leaky loos

A water efficiency group that includes Waterwise, Thames and SES Water has teamed up with the Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) in a bid to banish leaking toilets.

4 years ago

Water efficiency will be central to PR24

4 years ago

Affinity to launch efficiency campaign

4 years ago

Severn Trent trials novel pipe renewal technology

5 years ago

Water usage driven more by behaviour than socioeconomics or weather

Customer behaviour and choices are key to halving freshwater abstraction sustainably by 2050, a study by UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has shown.

5 years ago

Training Fido

The potential to improve leakage rates using AI technology is growing. Fido Tech's co-founder Neil Edwards discusses a trial his company ran with United Utilities and the next steps.

5 years ago

Innovate East returns to address decarbonisation

To address some of the problematic elements of decarbonisation in the water sector, this virtual innovation festival jointly hosted by Anglian, Yorkshire and Essex & Suffolk will look towards COP26

5 years ago

SES launches ‘myth busting’ campaign

SES Water has created a campaign to debunk commonly held myths about water consumption at a personal, local and global level as part of its efforts to reduce consumer demand in its region.

5 years ago

Northumbrian targets water efficiency scheme at children

5 years ago

Yorkshire’s leakage trial saving 90,000 litres per day

5 years ago

‘Failure is a part of great ambition on the path to net zero’

5 years ago

Havant Thicket: The future of water resource planning

5 years ago

Anglian grows Shop Window project

Anglian Water has set out plans to expand its Shop Window, the company's Newmarket test bed for innovation, to trial its projects with one million customers before company-wide adoption.

5 years ago

Ofwat names innovation judging panel

The judging panel for Ofwat's much anticipated Innovation in Water Challenge has been named. The eight experts from the water sector and related industries will judge a Dragons' Den style pitching competition

5 years ago

Beast from the East 2: The big thaw

5 years ago

EA to reclassify seven regions as water stressed

The Environment Agency has proposed moving seven more water companies’ regions to water stressed status meaning they must evaluate introducing compulsory metering.

5 years ago

UU develops AI to distinguish leak size

United Utilities has reached a milestone in leakage detection by developing its AI to identify the size of leaks in networks so technicians can prioritise repairs. The Fido system distinguishes data from loggers while ignoring background noises for improved accuracy.

5 years ago

Water efficiency goals set by business retailers

The role that the non-household water sector will play in developing water resource management plans and driving greater efficiencies has been set out in an action plan by wholesalers and retailers.

5 years ago

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