United Utilities has launched an early market engagement exercise for 3D printing services.
United Utilities has pushed the limits of technology to print distribution chambers and manhole rings at its Weaverham Wastewater Treatment Works in cold, damp, and icy conditions - testing both the strength of the concrete, and its robot pourer/printer.
A trailblazing project which receives funding from Ofwat’s £200 million Innovation Fund to demonstrate the benefits of 3D concrete printed components for the water sector has taken a huge step forward - CSO chambers can be produced within a matter of hours rather than days.
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Scottish Water has teamed up with United Utilities to work with tech innovators ChangeMaker3D and Manchester Metropolitan University on a trail-blazing project to produce 3D concrete printed infrastructure components.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.