Water

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

Utility Week Awards finalists unveiled

Fire brigade to share vulnerable customer data with Thames

London Fire Brigade has agreed to share high-risk customer data with Thames Water. It follows a change to the way the company registers householders for its priority services register.

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.

Wessex pays tribute to Avonmouth victims

Wessex Water has paid tribute to the four people who lost their lives at Avonmouth water treatment site last week. An apprentice, a contractor and two long-serving employees died in the explosion.

WRMPs to reflect impacts of Covid-19 on demand

Following a consultation the EA will update guidelines for water resources management planning from 2024 to reflect changes in usage patterns because of coronavirus as well as requesting more evidence of environmental improvements

Anglian completes ‘keyhole’ mains connection

What’s in the pipeline to tackle leakage?

Tougher leakage targets and societal pressures to conserve water lost through pipes means all water companies need to do a lot more this AMP cycle to find and fix leaks. Experts share their views with Utility Week on the opportunities and challenges the sector faces.

Weekend press round-up: Government sets up secret ‘green nudge unit’

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, a new government team has been established to work out how to persuade people into green behaviours. There is also speculation about the future of Alok Sharma and scepticism about the extent to which hydrogen presents the answer to decarbonising heat. Meanwhile, the workers who died in last week’s tragedy at a Wessex Water plant have been named.

Call for incentives to cut process emissions

With no policy or financial incentives in place to cut methane and nitrous oxide emissions, the onus is on water companies to reduce process emissions from wastewater treatment processes, a panel of experts told Utility Week.

A roadmap to eradicating water poverty

Fatalities confirmed after explosion at Wessex treatment site