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Asset mapping register to be rolled out nationwide

An underground mapping project created at Northumbrian's Innovation Festival has moved one step closer to national rollout after receiving ministerial backing from the Geospatial Committee.

5 years ago

Portsmouth cuts leakage to lowest level

Portsmouth Water's head of water resources tells Utility Week how the company reached its lowest ever leakage rate with new technologies and a new approach to weather events.

5 years ago

Key worker response can forge a new narrative for utilities

Men and women across UK utilities have been working flat out and with great selflessness to provide access to essential utility services during this difficult time. As tentative steps are made to ease the UK lockdown, we have an important opportunity to reflect on what we’ve learnt about the people and teams that drive the industry, says Clancy Group CEO Matt Cannon.

5 years ago

UKWIR examines consumption in project to halve abstraction

The largest research project of its kind has been launched by the UK Water Industry Research with companies across the UK and Ireland to understand consumption as part of a larger investigation into reducing abstraction.

5 years ago

UU trials biomass crops to cut nitrates

5 years ago

Build Back Better with Utility Week

5 years ago

Public concern for environment growing but water left behind

Despite the driest spring on record the British public still overwhelmingly considers the UK to be a wet place and many have no concerns about future water supplies. That is according to a new report by Love Water which also suggests people are more aware and concerned about the natural world as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.

5 years ago

Lessons from Down Under for AMP7

5 years ago

Anglian: Coronavirus uncertainty heightens need to invest

Anglian Water has reported strong performance financially, operationally and environmentally for 2019/20 as it reflects on the end of AMP6 and looks ahead to AMP7.

5 years ago

NI Water: ‘Act now to protect water supplies’

5 years ago

Ofwat extends retail code change

The water sector regulator has extended a scheme which allows business customers to mark their premises as vacant if they are unable to trade because of coronavirus. The measure, which was temporarily in place until the end of June has been extended until 31 July.

5 years ago

Wastewater team creates mobile testing units

A team from Northumbrian Water has created a mobile testing system to analyse wastewater during treatment to improve the quality of discharge.

5 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Britain’s electricity ‘to have first gas-free hours by 2025’

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, National Grid ESO discusses plans for a carbon-free network. Meanwhile, the government is to ask water companies to open up access to pipes and sewers to aid the rollout of gigabit internet; new research questions the green credentials of biomass and there are further calls for the prime minister to stimulate a green recovery.

5 years ago

Electrochlorination: The safer alternative

Ian Murphy, capital liaison manager, at Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, discusses the electrochlorination project with James Lester for the Municipal division at Evoqua.

5 years ago

Experts warn of ‘significant drought’

5 years ago

Collaborate and cut red tape – lessons from Ofgem for Ofwat’s £200m innovation fund

Ian Cameron, head of customer service and innovation for UK Power Networks, discusses the takeaways for the water sector, which has been granted a £200 million innovation fund for AMP7, from the innovation incentives in RIIO-1.

5 years ago

Water sector ‘can’t be resilient by thinking in silos’

Water companies must consider their interdependence with other sectors such as energy if they are to maintain their resilience to emerging threats, a senior figure at the National Infrastructure Commission has warned. Policy adviser Francis Heil was commenting on the publication of its resilience report at the end of May, which among other things called for the introduction of stress tests for infrastructure operators.

5 years ago

Anglian rolls out meters following successful trial

After a successful trial in Newmarket that saw consumption drop by 8 per cent, Anglian has announced a water meter rollout programme targeting up to 750 installations per day

5 years ago

Tony Cocker discusses the need to Build Back Better

Tony Cocker, the chair of Affinity Water and a director of SSE, will be among the experts discussing how the sector can “build back better” on Utility Week’s latest #AskUsAnything online show. The former Eon chief executive will be part of a panel of experts fielding reader questions from 11am today (12 June).

5 years ago

Ofwat sets out its three-pronged approach to £200m innovation fund

5 years ago