CLEAN WATER NETWORKS
Water consumption savings – cutting out the customer
Running taps, leisurely showers and using hosepipes all contribute massively to the use of water within the home - usage that could use that could be significantly reduced to meet consumption targets.
For most water companies the focus has previously...
Collaborative innovation key to transforming UK water
By Dr John Gaffney, Technical Lead for the Water Quality programme at Siemens UK & Ireland
With technological change set to transform the UK’s water sector, Dr John Gaffney, technical lead for the Water Quality programme at Siemens UK &...
Palintest introduces Turbidity Expert: A revolutionary turbidity testing solution
Setting a New Standard in Water Quality Assessment
Palintest, a leading global provider of water analysis technologies, has announced the launch of its latest breakthrough product in turbidity testing. Turbidity Expert is an innovative portable unit, offering a cutting-edge, patented...
Four steps to keep our water safe from ‘forever chemicals’
Removing PFAS is not enough… destruction is required, says Dr. Elvin Hossen
of Claros Technologies.
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can be found everywhere in the world and are considered a public health threat. Designed to withstand heat, water, oil, and...
Water quality drone maiden flights hailed ‘a success’
A new drone inspection service can help water companies monitor and improve the quality of river and coastal water.
Northumbrian Water took part in a pilot study using test flights to demonstrate how beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) electric...
Digital pipeline design – from weeks to days
Digital innovation is cutting time and cost from the process of planning, designing and optimising pipeline routes. By Adam Cullum, principal civil engineer, and Keith Simpson, principal water consultant at Mott MacDonald.
The most recent water resources planning guidance introduced...
Is C-Mex impinging PCC reductions?
The summer of 2022 will be remembered for travel chaos and hose pipe bans. The summer heatwaves and widespread water restrictions are bringing water to the fore in a way not seen since 1976.
‘By 2050 the UK water deficit...
Using assessments and maintenance to tackle your CSO targets
In March 2022, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published a consultation on its Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan. The document outlined Government’s plan to address combined sewage overflows (CSOs), detailing actions for operators, regulators, and...
Watershed celebration for Irish project
Drinking water protection across Ireland has reached a ‘watershed’ moment with the culmination of five years’ work to improve river water quality.
The €4.9m Source to Tap project explored sustainable, cost-effective catchment management measures designed to protect source drinking water...
Water quality boost from innovative UV technology
Utraviolet technology is making drinking water even cleaner for over one million people in the North East.
Northumbrian Water has invested £1.9m in the installation of the disinfection system at its water treatment works at Lumley, in County Durham.
The power...
Cost effective per capita consumption reductions
‘By 2050 the UK water deficit is anticipated to be 4017 mega litres per day’, was the stark announcement at the National Water Framework Consultation launch in January 2022. The plans to upgrade our water supply to meet this...
Connecting your IoT World
Adaptive Modules was established in 2001 and are pioneers of new Internet of Things (IoT) technology that allows customers to use its innovative products to reduce costs, increase efficiency and maximise profitability.
The Company has launched a new product that...
Spades in the ground mark start of UK’s biggest water infrastructure project for generations
 Anglian Water begins multi-million pound investment into hundreds of kilometers of interconnecting pipelines to prevent water scarcity ‘jaws of death’Â
Longer than HS2, the project will address the 30 million litre a day water shortage facing the East...
Large diameter distribution input, trunk main & reservoir metering
England and Wales water companies wishing to meet their PR19 Outcome Delivery Incentives during AMP7, need on average to reduce Leakage by 16% and Supply Interruptions by 41% no later than 2025.
In previous AMP periods water companies have often...
Freeze-thaw report shows that water industry has learned the lessons from the winter of 2018
UK water companies have learned from the winter of 2018 and successfully managed a more challenging freeze-thaw at the start of 2021 with little-to-no customer impact, according to a new report ‘Freeze-Thaw 2020-21’.
The report by industry body Water UK...
Bradford-on-Avon STW – Ferric Chloride Chemical Dosing Case Study
Background
In west Wiltshire, close to the border with Somerset, the town of Bradford on Avon until 1876 was served in the form of sewers that ran from various locations directly into the River Avon. It was not until around...
