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Yorkshire uses cloud system to speed up sewer repairs

Yorkshire has begun using a cloud platform to share data including images and video with multiple team members when dealing with a sewer incident to allow the company to resolve problems more quickly and efficiently.

Water innovation competition kicks off

The first round of Ofwat's innovation competition kicks off today with the Innovation in Water Challenge, inviting ideas and pitches from within and outside the water sector with a chance to win up £250,000 of development funds.

Bristol Water adds e-learning portal for home schooling

Bristol Water has created an online library of resources for students learning at home during lockdown. Worksheets, videos and experiments all related to water are available for KS2 and above learners.

Scottish Water’s efficiency challenge ‘greater than PR19’

Northumbrian joins innovation fund to de-clog sewers

Water UK calls for greater ambition in Environment Bill

Thames rolls out sustainable drainage schemes

Thames has plans to add sustainable drainage schemes in five borough across London and the Thames Valley to boost resilience and reduce flooding risk.

Anglian funds 850 Green Bond projects

Anglian has funded 850 environmental projects through its Green Bond scheme that was established in 2017. The company has given an overview of what has been achieved through the scheme and what is coming down the track.

Improving river abstraction efficiency

ABB's Martin Richardson outlines how a pump strategy using the latest variable speed drive technology can help lower energy costs, reduce abstraction demand and improve the environment.

Call for water sector ‘environmental contract’

Waterwise launches new year pledge

Waterwise is asking people to start the new year with a pledge to use less water throughout January to encourage long-term changes to habits.

Smart meters ‘can be eyes and ears of water network’

Ofwat has named smart networks as an area of focus for the next AMP cycle to bring step change in water companies' service. Engineering and analysis experts from Enzen talk to Utility Week about the advantages data could bring

Ofwat consults on the water sector of the future to inform PR24

With the water sector less than a year into enacting PR19 business plans, Ofwat has reached out to stakeholders for input on the framework for the next price review. It asks what the sector should look like by 2040 and how to get there considering climate change, investment, affordability and resilience.

Tideway completes 80% of tunnelling

EAC launches inquiry into river health

A parliamentary committee on river pollution has launched an inquiry into a range of issues - from inland bathing waters to the efficacy of Ofwat’s regulation and the cost of reducing storm overflows.