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...
What’s behind you doesn’t matter
“Even Formula One pit teams get the car to stop before changing the tyres – you’re switching the engines on a flying jet”. That’s how Michael Wood, the Southern Water field performance manager responsible...
The hidden benefits of electrochlorination
Drinking water providers around the world are under constant pressure to employ equipment and technologies which comply with increasingly stringent legal and legislative requirements. Perhaps less obvious though, are the ‘hidden’ benefits which this...
How do we improve customer satisfaction in the water sector?
Twice a year, we publish the nation’s barometer of service satisfaction – the UK Customer Satisfaction Index. It is the most in-depth cross-sector measurement of customer service in the UK, with 10,000 consumers rating...
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...
Electrical Testing of Geomembrane installations
The use of polymer barrier layers for groundwater leachate prevention, and capping has been common since the 1970’s. Most installations are HDPE-based, although other materials are used.
The performance of these membranes is generally excellent,...
Tackling leakage a top priority for Southern Water
We are proud of our overall leakage record and have repeatedly led the industry in this area. Since the water industry was privatised in 1989, we have reduced the amount of water lost to...
Severn Trent uses anaerobic digestion to generate more green power than ever before
Severn Trent is now generating 38% of the energy it uses from a number of different renewable sources and the company is continuing to invest in new technology to increase that further in the...
Affordable solutions to the UK’s wastewater pollution crisis
It’s policy making sleight of hand to claim that the cost of preventing spills in UK rivers is more than £1,000 per household per year. What a scary number? What a false argument? There...
Yorkshire Water working with Anglian on sludge trade deal
Yorkshire Water is working in partnership with Anglian Water to ensure sludge can be treated efficiently.
As part of the short-term partnership, sludge will be transported from Anglian’s treatment works in Great Billing to Yorkshire...