NEWS
£19.5m NI Water improvement scheme
A project to extend Ballinrees Water Treatment Works, outside Coleraine, is now complete.
This major programme of work started in March 2023 and involved constructing a new treatment building to improve water treatment standards and provide additional emergency water storage
Work...
Why advanced water treatment needs a step-change: rapid growth in reuse, ZLD and data centres require new technology stacks.
The next generation of water treatment will be defined by combinations of advanced technologies. The companies that move early to support those innovations will secure the advantage.
Richard Bruges, Chief Executive, Salinity Solutions
The water sector is being asked to deliver...
Digital Visibility in the Water Industry: How Easily Can Your Business Be Found?
For businesses working across the water industry and its supply chain, being visible to the right audience has always mattered. But the way potential customers, partners and industry professionals discover businesses is changing.
A company might first be seen in...
Building a More Resilient Water Supply System Through Smarter Planning
ANGLIAN WATER PRODUCTION PLANNING: SUEZ CASE STUDY
For water companies across the UK, balancing customer demand with increasingly constrained water resources is becoming more challenging every year. Climate change, population growth and tighter environmental regulation are all adding complexity to...
South West Water and University of Exeter to showcase partnership at International Congress
The Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) - a pioneering research partnership between South West Water and the University of Exeter - will showcase its latest research and innovation at the IWA World Water Congress in...
Reducing Leakage through Sympathetic Valve Control
Reducing leakage is one of the biggest operational challenges facing the UK water industry. While finding and repairing leaks remains essential, preventing unnecessary stresses on the network also has an important part to play.
In England alone, water companies reported...
UK drinking water quality ‘among highest in world’
The Drinking Water Inspectorate has published the Chief Inspector’s Annual Report for England, covering the quality of public drinking water supplies in 2025.
The report sets out a comprehensive picture of drinking water quality across England, drawing on compliance data, events,...
Water Supply Chain Unprepared for 2027 EU Drinking Water Rules, NSF Research Warns
From 1 January 2027, UK manufacturers selling into the EU need EU-MHR conformity, or a qualifying national approval in an EU member state valid on 31 December 2026. NSF research across five European markets finds 88% expect testing and...
OCU GROUP ANNOUNCES LANDMARK FY26 RESULTS AS REVENUE EXCEEDS £1BN FOR THE FIRST TIME
OCU Group, one of the UK’s leading energy transformation and utilities infrastructure services companies, has published its Annual Report and financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2026, reporting another year of strong growth, strategic investment, and international...
Bioaugmentation and Artificial Wastewater Use During Biological ETP Shutdown Periods
For sites operating a biological effluent treatment plant (ETP), maintaining compliance with discharge consent limits during start-up or post-shutdown periods presents a significant challenge. When biomass within the ETP becomes weakened or depleted, it can take several days or...
Yorkshire Water invests in river and storm upgrades
Yorkshire Water has completed a £15.9m investment to improve river water quality by upgrading five wastewater treatment works across the east of the region.
The improvement works have resulted in a 70% average reduction in the amount of phosphorus released...
Thames Water investment boosts water reliability
Thames Water has completed a £15 million upgrade at its Shortlands Water Booster Station in Bromley, helping to provide more reliable water supplies for thousands of customers across the local area.
The three-year project has increased the site’s capacity and modernised key infrastructure. The...
Leak Water Efficiency Lab 2 aims to tackle customer side leakage
The second Water Efficiency Lab (WEL2) will award up to £5 million to innovators who develop tools and solutions that can help to identify and cut the 1 to 1.5 billion litres of water lost to leaks in homes and businesses every day.
It...
Controlling the flow
Variable speed drives can help address one of the most persistent challenges facing water networks, says Torben Poulsen and James Chalmers, ABB.
Water scarcity is far from a distant concern.
Approximately one in four people globally lack access to safe drinking...
Portsmouth Water supports innovative water-saving pilot with MoD
Portsmouth Water has partnered with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and technology specialist Smarti to launch a new pilot project aimed at reducing water consumption and improving efficiency across operational sites.
The pilot, which began with the installation of Smarti’s...
Are the new pension inheritance tax rules on your radar?
For employers across the water and wastewater sector, long-term planning is part of everyday working life. Asset investment, regulatory commitments, workforce resilience and customer outcomes all require decisions that balance today’s needs with tomorrow’s responsibilities. The same principle applies...
Bristol Water celebrates 180th birthday
Bristol Water - the UK’s oldest public water supplier – is 180 years old.
The Bristol Water Works Company was established through an Act of Parliament on 16 July 1846.
Before its advent, average life expectancy in Bristol was 29 and...
How Do You Find the Cause of Something You’ve Never Seen Before?
I spend a lot of my time talking to people about causes.
I’m not a water scientist or an engineer. My interest is Root Cause Analysis and, specifically, what happens when we investigate events occurring in conditions that may be...
Pulsar Measurement Launches Ultra 5 Controller Enhancements
Pulsar Measurement is pleased to announce a significant enhancement to its Ultra 5 multi-functional controller, delivering a more intuitive user experience and improved diagnostics for operators across a wide range of measurement applications.
The Ultra 5 upgrade introduces a larger,...
Welsh Water Automates Valve Operation at Pen-y-Stryt Site with AUMA Actuator Solution
AUMA Actuators Limited has completed an actuator automation upgrade for Welsh Water at its Pen-y-Stryt site in Denbighshire, North Wales, designed to reduce manual intervention and improve operational efficiency.
The project involved the installation of an AUMA SAV10.2 multi-turn actuator...
NSF Ends UK’s Three-Year Testing Gap with REG 31 Testing Accreditation
NSF’s Oakdale laboratory becomes the UK’s sole facility offering comprehensive BS 6920 and REG 31 testing, closing a critical drinking water safety gap
OAKDALE, WALES, May 20, 2026 – NSF, a leading global organisation dedicated to protecting human health, today...
FROM READINGS TO RESULTS: Seven Principles of Successful Smart Metering
Turning Two Decades of Experience into Actionable Insights
For more than 20 years, SUEZ has been at the forefront of smart metering innovation, helping utilities deploy, operate and optimise smart water networks around the world. From the earliest automated meter...
TURNING AROUND AN UNDERPERFORMING SMART METERING NETWORK
A LoRaWAN / Wize Case Study
Client Issue
A major French water utility serving almost 300,000 people faced growing challenges with its smart metering estate of more than 100,000 meters. When SUEZ assumed responsibility for the network, it inherited a technically...
Why Do We Keep Investigating the Same Problems?
Water companies invest considerable time and expertise investigating pollution events, asset failures, operational disruptions, safety incidents and customer complaints. Yet remarkably similar problems continue to occur. The question is not simply whether we are investigating these events well, but...
From smart meters to smart operations: Why scalable fixed networks matter in the AMP8 era
AMP8 doesn’t just require utilities to install more meters. It requires them to prove they can turn meter data into measurable outcomes, including faster leak detection, better network visibility and more informed operational decisions. Here's how one European utility...
NSF Achieves European Accreditation for Drinking Water Product Certification Ahead of 2027 EU Deadline
The ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation from BELAC complements NSF’s testing capacity, enabling end-to-end support for EU Drinking Water Directive (DWD) readiness ahead of the January 2027 deadline
NSF, a global human health organization, has been accredited by the Belgian Accreditation Body...
Yesterday’s Incident. Tomorrow’s Decisions.
By Ed Wells, Chief Strategy Officer, What Caused This
After many years of working with water professionals involved in Root Cause Analysis, I hear the same comment time and again: "We don't have an investigation problem. We have a communication problem."
Every...
Avove wins Contractor of the Year and Best Place to Work honours
Avove, a Tier 1 contractor partnering exclusively with the UK's critical utilities, has won both Contractor of the Year and Best Place to Work – Contractor, at the New Civil Engineer Awards 2026.
The double success reflects the company's growth...
Businesses urged to plan for water disruption as continuity risks grow, new report says
Businesses are becoming better prepared for long-term water challenges than they are for short-term supply disruption, according to a new report by Water Direct, the UK’s leading alternative water supplier.
The report “From Water Stewardship to Continuity: Reframing Water Resilience...
Operational Resilience and the Water Sector’s Emerging Capability Challenge
The water sector has always operated in a complex environment. However, the nature of that complexity is changing. Intelligencia Training, the UK’s leading provider of protective services apprenticeships, shares insight.
As organisations navigate AMP8, regulatory expectations, environmental pressures, digital transformation...
