Selwood helps to safely stem the flooding problem at Earby
The Background
The Lancashire town of Earby has been prone to devastating flooding in recent years - most notably on Boxing Day 2015, when homes and properties suffered significant water damage. Since that date, the...
Innovation the driving force on journey to reduce leakage
Leakage is one of the major challenges facing water companies today – a challenge that is about to get even tougher as we head into the next AMP.
Ofwat has set all of us the...
Accurate Leak Detection from inside and outside the pipe
HMG Water Solutions are a specialist supplier of products for pipe location, pipe survey and pipe leak detection. With a wealth of experience HMG Water Solutions are a distributor in the traditional leak detection...
Regulation driving change in leak detection
Pressure on water companies to cut leakage over the next five years has accelerated new ways of thinking, with the sector increasingly turning to innovation and embracing the digital revolution, writes Barbara Hathaway, Vice...
ePulse® acoustic technology provides definitive non-invasive pipe condition assessment, improving & saving costs on...
When making pipeline replacement decisions, asset managers face a dilemma – they need to gather accurate information about the condition of existing pipelines so they can make the right replacement decisions to minimise pipe...
Delivering non-intrusive leak detection to the water industry
Increasing legislation and penalties within the water industry has seen an increased effort to mitigate the impact of leaks within operators’ networks.
Investment programs have seen improvements to the wider and often aging infrastructure including...
Family business finds niche in detection market
Leak detection is big business, writes HELEN COMPSON. Literally billions of pounds are draining out of the economy each year as a result of undetected leaks and the unnecessary replacement of pipelines, roof membranes...
What happens to our water supply if the world warms up?
When President Trump and Greta Thunberg took verbal shots at each other at this year’s Davos Economic Forum, climate change was again pushed to the front of the news cycle.
But while high-profile protestors and...
Giving customers confidence in their water networks
To add to the challenges of water scarcity and aging infrastructure, the water industry is now tasked with achieving a 16% reduction in leakage by 2025. HELEN COMPSON speaks to one company who are...
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...