AI successfully detects blockage formations for Wessex Water
Machine-learning technology trialled on part of Wessex Water’s sewerage network has identified early forming sewer blockages in real-time with a 92% accuracy rate, whilst also enabling an operational shift to condition-based maintenance approach, says...
Sewer Sector Guidance – a platform for innovation and creativity
Over 12 months on from the introduction of the new Sewerage Sector Guidance (SSG), Jon Stewart, Business Development Director for Drainage at Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation, explains why now is the time for...
New plans to bring economic, environmental and social benefit across the Fens in UK...
New cross-sector taskforce will tackle climate resilience for local communities
An ambitious new multi-agency taskforce has launched which seeks to bring renewed prosperity to the Fens through a radical new approach to managing land and...
White Paper: Determining dissolved oxygen in water – Titration or direct measurement?
«Dissolved oxygen» describes the amount of oxygen molecules (O2) which are dissolved in a liquid phase under certain conditions. In this White Paper from Metrohm, two different methods for the analysis of dissolved oxygen,...
Identification of Microplastics with Portable Raman Microscopy
Global pollution from microplastics is a serious concern, and growing with increased use of plastics that end up in waterways and the ocean. Using Raman for rapid identification of microplastics in the environment helps...
How leakage reduction can support goals to minimise carbon emissions
The water industry is estimated to be responsible for one per cent of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions per annum. In this article, Watertrain highlights the role of leakage reduction in the industry’s efforts to tackle...
Biomethane and digestate essential in ‘Race to Zero’
ByMatt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director, HRS Heat Exchangers
The recent announcement1that the UK’s water industry has joined the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero, as well as last year’s launch of Water UK’s Net Zero...
WORLD WATER DAY: New report shows public unaware of sewage pollution in rivers and...
A report released on World Water Day shows that more than half of the public is unaware that untreated sewage is regularly discharged into England’s rivers, and that 90% support the introduction of designated bathing water status at popular...
Maintaining resilient, low carbon UK water infrastructure which is fit for the future
A new world of innovation is being directed by Ofwat and the water industry is embracing the opportunities to find better solutions to the challenges in our changing world.
John Bryan, water business development director...
What can we learn from the Oldsmar water supply hack?
Following the recent water supply hack in Florida, Phillip Corner, industrial systems cybersecurity expert at Cougar Automation, stresses the need for business decision makers and technical professionals in safety and security to work closely...