Upgrades to infrastructure by Southern Water paired with innovative new technology and automated intelligence have dramatically reduced storm overflows from Terminus Road in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Anglian Water has gone out to tender with a major AMP8 contract for sewer level network monitoring sensors worth an estimated value of £140.4 million (inc VAT).
Thames Water has invested £20 million to make its sewers smart and prevent flooding and pollutions - 20,000 monitors across the Thames Water region have helped identify and remove 11,500 blockages between March 2021 – March 2024.
Southern Water is getting works get underway later this month in Whitstable, as AI technology is added to the utility’s underground network in an effort to cut storm overflows.
Northumbrian Water has started a ground-breaking £20 million project which is set to significantly reduce spills from storm overflows across Tyneside.
Southern Water is investing £15 million in artificial intelligence and 22,000 state-of-the-art monitors to dramatically cut the impact of fatbergs and other blockages that currently cause hundreds of pollution incidents every year.
Yorkshire Water is planning three innovative smart wastewater network pilots, which will better inform a systematic approach to the management of Yorkshire’s wastewater.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.