Water treatment

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

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.

Fatalities confirmed after explosion at Wessex treatment site

First RAPID water resource schemes get green light

Four strategic water resource projects have become the first to pass the initial assessment by the Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID). The projects relating to bolstering water resources in Southern's western region include a recycling scheme, a desalination plant and a reservoir.

Welsh Water – innovating for AMP7

Peter Perry, who joined Welsh Water as an apprentice, became chief executive in the midst of the pandemic after Chris Jones retired in April. He chats with Utility Week about getting through 2020, the projects that excite him for AMP7 and what billpayers expect from their water company

Government must reinstate shelved water ambitions

Are you letting the Covid crisis go to waste? 

Dean Wheeler, partner at management consultancy firm Reson8, says the pandemic has given water and wastewater asset managers a chance to think about maintenance differently and move to a 'less is more' approach.

Supply chain predicts revenue downturn for next year

The impact of lockdown is expected to still be felt by members of the supply chain into 2021, according to a British Water survey that shows a third of companies anticipate revenues to be reduced in the next six to 12 months

Emma Howard Boyd: ‘Environmental fines need to hurt’

Ofwat names innovation partners

NI Water embarks on hydrogen production project

NI Water is to become the first in the UK to produce hydrogen through electrolysis at a wastewater treatment site.  

Water sector unveils plan to cut emissions by 10m tonnes

Christine McGourty: Time for action not delegation

The climate crisis is the biggest challenge we are facing and we cannot expect politicians to sort it out: we all have a part to play, writes Christine McGourty, chief executive of Water UK

South West brings ‘cutting edge’ treatment plant online

South West Water is switching off a water treatment site that has served Plymouth for six decades in favour of a state of the art facility from Dutch water technology company PWNT

Campaign to boost value of water launched

Fresh off the success of Water's Worth Saving, Waterwise has launched a month-long campaign to persuade people to value water more highly and use it more efficiently