Water

21st-century mobilisation: Transform your business with extraordinary pace

Bristol adds satellite technology to monitor dams

Fifteen RAPID schemes submitted to move water to driest areas

Severn Trent tackles tripping outages with AVC power stabiliser

Power quality issues such as voltage sags and surges were the root cause of unexplained outages at a Severn Trent water treatment works (WTW) near Melbourne, Derbyshire. Stuart Dealing, ABB’s product marketing manager, looks at how installing active voltage conditioners (AVCs) resolved the issues.

Customer service issues at highest level since 2010

RSPB joins forces with UU on habitat restoration in North West

SES reports missing targets during lockdown

SES Water has reported missing its target to lower per capita consumption (PCC) due to “soaring” use in lockdown. However, leakage targets were met and efforts to increase communications with its vulnerable billpayers led to 90 per cent feeling supported.

Thames sets out three-point turnaround after ‘unacceptable’ year

Lessons learnt from spying on sinks

Thames simplifies pollution reporting

Can smart meter data can stop us running out of water?

The UK water utilities industry is under greater stress than at any other time in its history. It’s not just about external forces such as changes in usage trends and climate change as well as scarcity and unpredictability of supply. It’s also partly because most of our water infrastructure was designed and built in the Victorian era, if not earlier (the world’s first city-level water transfer project, completed in 1613, remains one of London’s main water resources). And of course we cannot forget the huge drive towards digital transformation.

Weekend press round-up: Centrica looks to convert Rough to store hydrogen

In our latest round-up of weekend’s papers, Centrica looks to spend £1.6 billion to convert the Rough gas storage site to hold hydrogen and it’s revealed the government’s new green bonds will not be used to invest in nuclear energy.  

Do Defra’s efficiency measures go far enough?

Closing the gap

The wave of financial hardship that was predicted to follow the Covid pandemic has yet to materialise. However, Steve Crabb, chair of the Energy UK Vulnerability Commitment, warns that underlying problems may be masked and asks whether support services are resilient enough to cope with a possible surge.

New app lets data flow from standpipes and hydrants

Contractors often need to connect to water company hydrants as part of essential operations, including sewer and drain cleaning, gulley emptying and street sweeping. A new app helps water companies and contractors maintain accurate records of hydrant use, protecting contractors from expensive errors and offering water companies valuable data.