The Society of British Water & Wastewater Industries has announced the appointment of Paul Horton to the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of SBWWI’s Executive Director Carol Hickman.
The Society of British Water and Wastewater Industries, one of the UK’s leading water sector trade bodies, is calling for urgent action to ensure the UK water sector speaks with a strong single voice in the fast-developing energy smart metering agenda.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
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.”