Following the publication of Ofwat’s report into the misreporting of performance data relating to leakage and per capita consumption, Welsh Water has reiterated its apology for this issue that it reported to Ofwat and began investigating in 2022.
A booming technology company has relocated its headquarters from Singapore to Wales and is seeking up to £3 million investment to take a revolutionary water pipeline application to the global market.
Yorkshire Water is carrying out the UK’s most advanced smart water network pilot in Sheffield and has so far installed almost 2000 upgraded meters and reduced leakage in the area by more than 90,000 litres per day.
Thames Water is turning to the supply chain and looking to the marketplace to identify innovative technologies in its continuing efforts to drive down leakage.
Yorkshire Water has trialled an innovative valve technology designed to reduce supply interruptions to customers when water pipe repair work is carried out.
Bob Taylor, Operations Director Drinking Water Services, South West Water, UK talks about network leakage, innovation and resilience ahead of the 9th Global Leakage Summit he is chairing in London next month
Innovative leakage technology is set to be showcased at the upcoming Global Leakage Summit 2018 next month which takes place in London on 13th-14th March.
Anglian Water has become one of the first water companies to trial thermal imaging drones to detect leaking water pipes.
Northern Ireland Water has gone out to tender with a major contract for the supply, delivery, hire and maintenance of leakage equipment and ancillary equipment.
Thames Water is using a 280-strong team to identify invisible underground water leaks this winter before they escalate into big bursts above ground.
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.”