Water sector knowledge transfer service goes live

A knowledge-sharing and project showcase platform that will support the UK water sector with its innovation ambitions has launched. The Knowledge Transfer Service, from...

Pressure is on for hydrostatic pipeline testing

Serious injuries to a young woman in Leicestershire, the consequence of a hydrostatic pressure test going wrong, should be a wake-up call to the...

Improved analytics for cloud-based water intelligence platform

Enhancements were recently made to KETOS, a cloud-based software platform said to bring water intelligence to customers across agriculture, industrial and municipal operations. The platform...

New AI-driven tools for environmental intelligence

A new suite of environmental intelligence software from IBM leverages AI to help organizations prepare for and respond to weather and climate risks that...

Electrical submersible pumps expert makes key acquisition

Pump Supplies, the owner and operator of the UK’s largest hire fleet of electric submersible pumps and accessories, has acquired Stockport-based PD Pumps Ltd....

Pump industry mourns the loss of a great friend

The European pump industry trade group Europump writes It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Prof. Bernd Stoffel, who passed away...

Sponsored content: On board with seals expertise

On the 1st of November 2020, the Board of Directors of Winn & Coales (Denso) Ltd were delighted to announce that Mr James Winn, the great grandson of the founder of the company has been appointed to the Board.

Sponsored content: Mobile tech boosts health and safety

Water conservation specialist Aqualogic has deployed the latest mobile workforce management technology to help locate and manage millions of pounds of water company assets

Victorian-era aqueduct upgrade completed in Central Scotland

A major upgrade to the Katrine Aqueduct, which was built in Victorian times and serves more than 1.3 million people in parts of Greater...
A pipe support for a water tank.

Targeting ageing water networks

THE global water and wastewater network market is growing steadily due to increasing connectivity and rehabilitation needs. With rising urbanisation and a large quantum...

£1.3 million investment by utility aims to preserve 19th century bridge near Glasgow

Scottish Water is investing around £1.3m in a project that will help protect its infrastructure and an important heritage site in South Lanarkshire. ...

Improved grit removal: A totex must?

By Keith Hutchings of Hydro International WHEN it comes to grit, do UK water companies know what they are missing? Grit is the scourge of...

Summer droughts to be better managed with Great Ouse Groundwater Scheme upgrade

In a year when summer droughts reduced water stocks to levels not seen for nearly 50 years, the renewal and modernisation of the Great...
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Protecting water quality while dredging the Somerset levels

A special monitoring system is helping protect water quality on the Somerset Levels and Moors where a major dredging operation is under way following...

Rolling back to move forward

A case study highlighting the importance of application version control for water and wastewater SCADA systems, from Trihedral, a developer of HMI/SCADA software for...

Canal winter stoppages season begins: Contractor comments on the how and why of this...

A busy start to winter stoppages season saw one UK waterway maintenance company mobilise nine boats in a three-week period, destined for varied works...

New SCADA platform claimed to offer verifiable energy savings

Paul Hurst, Director at Products4Automation, a SCADA expert and exclusive distributor of Progea products in the UK, explores Pro Energy.NExT and its benefits to...
Recent restoration work on the River Welland: Before (above) and after (below).

Restoring a “river ecosystem”

THE River Welland in Market Harborough has been the focus of recent restoration work, with an environmental project led by the University of Leicester...

Coping with a changing demand

In July 2020, the Met Office reported that most UK water companies have seen an increase in average water consumption during lockdown, especially those...
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Installing a penstock sluice structure in a flooded river

AS part of its framework contract with the Environment Agency (EA), ECS Engineering Services has recently completed the installation of a new three-gate sluice...