Water networks

Water efficiency pleas must be tailored to specific customers

United Utilities launches innovation accelerator

Water sector underperforms but gains trust

‘Pop-up rainforests’ grown to reduce carbon and flooding

Yorkshire is working with farmers to improve soil quality and reduce flooding by planting cover crops in between routine grows. The 'pop up rainforests' capture CO2 and the improved soil means less input is required by farmers so fewer chemicals are leached into waterways

Yorkshire tenders to switch to solar power

CCC pushes for water metering and labelling

The Committee on Climate Change has called on Defra to increase water metering, set more ambitious leakage and consumption targets and introduce mandatory water efficiency labelling. Anglian Water's climate change and carbon manager Matt Pluke welcomed the recognition of the water sector’s role in achieving the net zero target but said more needs to be done to eliminate emissions from heating.

Thames flushes out fatbergs across capital

Thames Water has shifted almost 700 tonnes of debris from its sewer network including fatbergs and concretebergs that form when improper materials are disposed of down the drain.

Early engagement needed on SuDS

Early engagement with stakeholders is needed to plan for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and for green urbanisation, a civil planning event heard.

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.

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.

UU trials biomass crops to cut nitrates

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.

Lessons from Down Under for AMP7

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.

NI Water: ‘Act now to protect water supplies’