Jul 17, 2023
New screen orders for wastewater plants captured by SPIRAC
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 14, 2023
Other
Thames Water's new chair has said nationalisation is not the right way forward despite the regulator warning the company has "deep-rooted" problems.
Sir Adrian Montague said he understood customer "frustration" over the UK's largest water firm's poor performance.
However, he said the best way to resolve it was keeping the company under private ownership.
Thames Water... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 13, 2023
Other
Shareholders in UK-based water company Thames Water have agreed to provide a further £750 million (€881 million) in funding as the company attempts to fight the threat of a government takeover.
Thames also said it would be looking for an extra £2.5 billion (€2.9 billion) between 2025 and 2030.
The water firm has faced criticism over sewage discharges and leaks... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 12, 2023
Pipelines
Water technology company Orbis Intelligent Systems and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist VODA.ai have entered into a strategic partnership offering a combined skillset to support US utilities and municipalities with their leakage strategies.
Orbis develops smart, data-driven technologies that provide real-time insights into pipeline infrastructure. Products include... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 11, 2023
Pipelines
Saudi Arabia has started laying out 1,350 km of water pipes across the capital city as part of the Green Riyadh programme.
This comes as part of its efforts to carry 1.7 million cu m of treated water daily to irrigate the city.
The aim is to achieve sustainable green spaces for the Green Riyadh projects and other development projects in the city.
The diameter of the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 11, 2023
Pumps
Riventa’s expertise in optimising the performance of pumps and blowers has seen it win important new contracts in Brazil through its partner in São Paulo - Toraqua Technologies.
A total so far of five public and private water companies are now benefitting from Riventa’s Software as a Service (SAS) model, where the customer no longer has to concern itself with the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 10, 2023
Pipelines
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $50.4 million (€46 million) in annual funding to states and territories for communities most in need of access to clean and safe drinking water.
The funding will support projects and activities in underserved, small and disadvantaged communities to access and invest in water infrastructure and comply with the Safe... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 5, 2023
Pipelines
More than £8 million (€9.3 million) of work is set to begin at Ashlett Creek Fawley Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) in the UK to help improve water quality, reduce storm overflows and plan for future growth.
The scheme at the works in Fawley in the New Forest, includes building a new storm tank, increasing the existing storm storage capacity at the treatment works... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 4, 2023
Pipelines
The successful integration of technology companies Ovarro and ControlPoint is delivering a unique one-stop-shop for leakage reduction, detection and prevention.
Leak detection specialist Ovarro acquired digital quality assurance supplier ControlPoint in March 2021. ControlPoint provides technical services to ensure correct installation of a range of pipe jointing methods,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 29, 2023
Other
Consumers will not be hit with higher bills if the UK government takes Thames Water into temporary public ownership to tackle its rising debt.
In an interview with Sky News, health minister Neil O'Brien said there were contingency plans in place to make sure people would continue to have access to water and that their bills wouldn't change n the event that the government... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 26, 2023
Other
Mapal has surpassed its fund target of £400,000 via Crowdcube, with 475 new investors choosing to inject over £467,000 (€546,000) into the business that has completed over 100 installations of its energy-saving, wastewater aeration solutions.
Due to the high demand, the deadline to invest was extended by 14 days as more and more parties expressed their interest in... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 22, 2023
Pipelines
Dame Margaret Hodge MP has welcomed Thames Water’s commitment to reducing its carbon emissions and to unlocking the benefits of energy conversion for the local area following a recent tour of Beckton sewage treatment works (STW) on 9 June.
The visit to the Beckton site, which serves over four million people, demonstrated sewage sludge being converted into biomethane... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 19, 2023
Pipelines
Emergency action is to be taken to maintain water supplies on Skye in the UK as the dry weather continues.
Scottish Water has been given special permission to install more pipes to safeguard supplies to the village of Broadford.
The environment body Sepa has said all areas of Scotland are now experiencing some degree of scarcity, the BBC reported.
A third of areas face... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 16, 2023
Pipelines
Technology company Ovarro has opened a new leakage service centre for European customers, based at the company’s manufacturing facility in Steenwijk, Netherlands.
The Ovarro European Service Centre is a dedicated hub for repairs, services and testing of all leakage equipment in mainland Europe. A new team of repair and service engineers is based at the facility, which... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 15, 2023
Other
Water sector supply chain companies are being invited to share their experiences of working with UK utilities over the past 12 months.
This is against a backdrop of an expected increase in spend to improve environmental performance.
Membership organisation British Water has launched its annual UK Water Company Performance Survey for 2023, which asks contractors,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 13, 2023
Pipelines
Thames Water has been given the all-clear to transform London’s network of Victorian water pipes.
Industry regulator Ofwat has backed Thames releasing an extra £700 million (€814 million) to tackle water leakage in the capital with 112km pipeline replacement programme.
At Price Review 19, the regulator conditionally granted Thames £300 million (€348 million)... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 13, 2023
Pipelines
Severn Trent has outlined proposals to build a new 10 mile-long water pipe under a section of Nottingham in the UK in a bid to improve the area’s water supply.
The new pipe expects to carry water between reservoirs in Redhill and Strelley, helping to make the city’s water supply more reliable.
Ofwat said Severn Trent Water lost around 161 billion litres of water... [Read More]
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