Water industry urged to change to build resilience

The water industry should continue to embrace new ways of working in a Covid-altered world and seize the opportunity to affect permanent change, a group of industry professionals heard. James Hargrave, Regional Operational Leakage Manager...

Finnish utility trials asset investment planning software

Finnish multi-utility Alva is the first in Scandinavia to trial Ovarro’s PIONEER asset investment planning (AIP) software. The six-month trial, which started in May focuses on Alva’s water distribution network, but will also assess...

Focus sharpened on retaining female talent

Thames Water has joined forces with the Womens Utilities Network (WUN) to build on its growing reputation as a water company that attracts and retains the best female talent. consider joining the utilities sector, from...

Choosing the right heat exchanger for wastewater applications

By Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director, HRS Heat Exchangers Heat exchangers are crucial to many processes in the water industry, whether as part of an aerobic or anaerobic digestion plant, for cooling or...

Delivering Specialist Ventilation to the Water Industry

Every day, over 50 million premises receive good quality water, sanitation, and drainage services thanks to the UK’s fantastic framework of utility engineers, and more than £130 billion has been invested in maintaining and...

Business as Normal for Glomac Engineering during Tough Times

The global pandemic and countrywide lockdown has created great uncertainty amongst engineering companies in the UK. But for a select few, like Cambridgeshire based Glomac Engineering, the Coronavirus pandemic has provided an opportunity to...

CDE announces global virtual symposium for the wet processing industry

Registration is free and open to all  CDE, the industry-leading manufacturer of wet processing equipment, has announced plans to host a virtual trade event for the materials wet processing industry across the globe. Continuing its Engineering...

Why Water Resilience is More Important Than Ever Before

The water industry faces heightened regulatory and consumer expectations from population growth, changing consumer behaviours, and acute and chronic environmental challenges. Industry experts Learning & Development Associates (L&DA) discuss rising to these performance and...

Turning the taps on diversity

For the UK water sector, apprenticeships could hold the key to embracing diversity and inclusion in the workforce. Research suggests the UK water sector is less diverse than the wider UK workforce in terms of...

The Level 5 Award in Management of Risk & Resilience in the Water &...

How Learning & Development Associates’ Risk & Resilience qualifications can help Water, Wastewater and Environmental industries strengthen their resilience in the face of COVID-19’s emergence. During these extremely challenging times, it has never been so...