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Water usage driven more by behaviour than socioeconomics or weather

Customer behaviour and choices are key to halving freshwater abstraction sustainably by 2050, a study by UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has shown.

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No cranes without drains

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Training Fido

The potential to improve leakage rates using AI technology is growing. Fido Tech's co-founder Neil Edwards discusses a trial his company ran with United Utilities and the next steps.

4 years ago

Yorkshire proposes regulatory revolution

Yorkshire Water has published ideas for investment and regulatory reform to allow the sector to be more flexible in its PR24 business plans and rise to the challenges of climate change and population growth. Utility Week discusses the company's proposal with its director of corporate affairs, Richard Emmott.

4 years ago

Innovate East returns to address decarbonisation

To address some of the problematic elements of decarbonisation in the water sector, this virtual innovation festival jointly hosted by Anglian, Yorkshire and Essex & Suffolk will look towards COP26

4 years ago

South Staffs extends catchment programme

South Staffs has engaged with farmers and land managers to trial companion crops for maize fields as part of a catchment management scheme that has seen nitrate run off reduced by 50 per cent

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SES launches ‘myth busting’ campaign

SES Water has created a campaign to debunk commonly held myths about water consumption at a personal, local and global level as part of its efforts to reduce consumer demand in its region.

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Thames embarks on home heating sewage scheme

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Northumbrian targets water efficiency scheme at children

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Yorkshire’s leakage trial saving 90,000 litres per day

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‘Failure is a part of great ambition on the path to net zero’

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Firms should ‘embed fair treatment’ of vulnerable customers

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Barber: Putting citizens at the heart of business

Yorkshire Water's CEO Liz Barber delivered a keynote speech at Utility Week's Customer Summit in which she shared the business' vision for the future and how it plans to get there.

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Northumbrian and National Grid recognised on ‘most ethical’ list

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Thames upgrades Victorian sand filters

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Havant Thicket: The future of water resource planning

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Thames to create wetlands next to sewage site

Thames has unveiled plans to create a wetlands next to Aylesbury wastewater treatment plant as part of broader plans for biodiversity and habitat creation across its estate

4 years ago

‘Vague’ Penrose report is ‘good provocation for debate’

A long-awaited report outlining recommendations designed to strengthen the UK’s competition regime has been cautiously welcomed by industry observers but described as lacking in detail. The Power to the People report by Conservative MP John Penrose has a heavy focus on streamlining regulatory processes and creating further competition where possible. It also calls for measures introduced in insurance to tackle 'loyalty penalties' to be extended to energy.

4 years ago

Anglian grows Shop Window project

Anglian Water has set out plans to expand its Shop Window, the company's Newmarket test bed for innovation, to trial its projects with one million customers before company-wide adoption.

4 years ago

Ofwat names innovation judging panel

The judging panel for Ofwat's much anticipated Innovation in Water Challenge has been named. The eight experts from the water sector and related industries will judge a Dragons' Den style pitching competition

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