Driving down leakage with manpower
As regulator Ofwat sets a minimum leakage reduction target of 15 per cent during AMP7, Watertrain shares why increased manpower is at the core of an effective leak detection & reduction strategy.
With tough regulator...
The Wessex Water Innovative Re-Rounder
After the implementation of the transfer of private drainage to Wessex Water in 2011, it became imperative that we focus more attention on trenchless alternatives for repair of small diameter sewers. Our overall cumulative...
The difficulties of managing a response in the water industry
Managing a response for water companies can be fraught with an assortment of complications and considerations. Here, Chris Ramsbottom, Head of Operational and Technical Support in Adler and Allan’s environmental consultancy division, takes a...
Improving monitoring and wastewater assets to reach Zero Pollutions by 2030
By Lewis Brown
Gaining a better understanding
Southern Water is a company in transformation and achieving zero pollutions by 2030 is one of the many ambitious targets underpinning that journey.
We’re delving deeper and gaining a better...
Delivering resilience
Business intelligence delivered through geographic information systems (GIS) is helping water companies throughout the UK make significant improvements across operations, both in the office and out in the field. Location is the common denominator...
A win-win for the environment and water companies, EloVac®- P, vacuum degassing of digested...
ELIQUO is a group of companies operating in the field of municipal water, wastewater and sludge treatment. Together, th-ey provide a comprehensive range of solutions: from EPC contracting in Germany and the Netherlands, to...
THAT’S THE POWER OF POO!
David Hartley explains how Anglian Water is generating enough energy from its combined heat and power (CHP) plants to run a town the size of Lowestoft for a year.
Last year was a record year...
Happy Birthday dear digdat
Utility mapping solution digdat, turns 20 this year. To celebrate, company director Kevin Brown reflects back on the last two decades delivering online solutions to the utilities industry.
When digdat was born 20 years ago,...
Pipe Bursting: Keys to Success
There is no doubt that there are many contractors well-versed in the pipe bursting technique. Even so, Mark Maxwell, Trenchless Application Specialist at HammerHead Trenchless, said that he still sometimes runs across a contractor...
Pump solutions at Hinkley Point C
EDF Energy is building two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C in Somerset – the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations that will together produce low-carbon electricity for around 6 million...