New, more efficient pumps, recently installed in Ballygomartin Water Pumping Station (WPS) are paving the way for energy savings and lower costs for NI Water.
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Andrew Welsh, Sales Director for Water Utilities at Xylem Water Solutions, UK & Ireland, discusses how acceptable levels of risk can reduce life cycle costs for utilities.
Kevin Ockwell, who leads aftersales at water technology specialists HUBER Technology, discusses how maximising operational life and enhancing asset performance in AMP7 is a key issue for UK water companies – and explores some of the options on offer.
Despite the water companies’ AMP7 business plans showing that the blossoming bioresources market is set for significant growth over the next five years, a number of practical and operational obstacles remain, according to long-established pump and mixer manufacturer, Landia.
Ofwat’s Final Determinations on the water companies’ AMP7 Business Plans have allowed a total spend of £51 billion for 2020-25 - £ 6 billion less than the sum originally proposed by the companies.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
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.