Wigan heat installer fined for water main incident in Blackburn
United Utilities has been awarded £2,000 legal costs after a heat pump installation company drilled into a water main and flooded a road and...
Flower show exhibit demonstrates how to ‘slow the flow’
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Visitors to the RHS Tatton Flower Show (19-23 July) will see how the landscaping around their homes can play a vital role in preventing...
Young engineer who started flood protection firm offers tips for business owners
A man whose family home was destroyed by the 2007 floods when he was just 13, leading him to set up his own flood...
Data experts gather at innovation festival to tackle water leakage
Experts from Microsoft will come from around the globe to lead the search for answers on the problem of water leakage, as part of...
Flood warning from monitoring systems manufacturer
Nigel Grimsley, Managing Director of OTT Hydrometry is urging those responsible for flood prevention and management to take action this summer to ensure they...
Rainwater management at the centre of spectacular serpentine pavilion
Visitors to the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion in London’s Kensington Gardens will enjoy its spectacular effects unaware of the below ground water management solution right...
Pre-cast panels help re-meander a river channel in Cumbria
Pre-cast panels made by Whites Concrete have seemingly played an important part in Coffey Construction’s re-meandering of a historically straightened section of Swindale Beck...
LiDAR mapping helps create flood alleviation model for Yorkshire Water
Detailed terrain maps created from aerial surveys using lasers are being used to help improve flood prevention and management across Yorkshire.
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Case study: How one utility set up a specialist jetting unit
A £1.2m Yorkshire Water project to establish an in-house Operational Jetting Team is the first of its kind for the utility company. The new...
Instrumentation firm reports surge in sales of tide gauges
A UK manufacturer of oceanographic, hydrographic and hydrometric instrumentation has reported a surge in sales of tide gauge equipment in its most recent...
Water monitoring expert wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2017
PermaNET+ water network monitoring system recognised in Innovation category
Utility monitoring specialist HWM has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2017.
The Innovation award recognises HWM’s...
Jet vac tanker takes on the cowboy pipe fillers
Lanes Utilities is deploying a new 12,000 PSI jet vac tanker to tackle "the menace of cowboy builders who dispose of concrete by pouring...
Developing a new national flood forecasting and warning system for Malaysian rivers
HR Wallingford, a consulancy working in civil engineering and environmental hydraulics, discusses its recent work on flood forecasting and warning systems in Malaysia
Across Malaysia,...
Drainage work improves storm resilience in Cumbria
Sapphire Utility Solutions has been awarded a Framework Contract by Cumbria County Council for the clearing, inspection and mapping of drains and gullies. “One...
Manchester group uses trees and green infrastructure to combat flooding and pollution
City of Trees - a group attempting to coordinate stakeholders and community groups across Greater Manchester for the purposes of restoring woodland - says...
Fixed network telemetry solution “changes the economics of leak detection”
Affinity water has partnered with multi-utility monitoring and telemetry specialist HWM to target significant reduction in leakage rates using PermaNET+ fixed network telemetry.
“Using the...
Water jetting root cutting keeps highway drains clear
Highway chiefs in North Yorkshire County Council have commissioned Lanes Group to use its water jetting technology and expertise to help keep their roads...
British Water publishes code of practice for SuDS technology
In a first for the UK water industry a code of practice for assessing surface water treatment technologies has been published by British Water....
Drain repair course to take place in June
WRc has announced the dates for its next two-day "Essentials for Managing Drain Repair" course: 6 and 7 June 2017, at WRc in Swindon....
3d laser maps aim to help protect coastal heritage sites in €4 million EU...
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) has commissioned aerial mapping company Bluesky to capture highly accurate laser maps...
