A new partnership has been announced between Scottish Water, Glasgow Science Centre and two of the utility’s key engineering partners to work together on a proposed major new exhibition designed to help young people explore how engineering can respond to climate and infrastructure challenges.

In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Gary Adams, Operations Director for Water at Calisen, who previously led Northumbrian Water's £160m metering programme, takes a look at why smart meter installation counts are the easiest number to publish and the least useful for understanding whether AMP8 is working. Commissioning accuracy rates, workforce capability and accreditation levels alongside installation volumes are also needed to hit AMP8 target of 10.4 million smart meters by 2030.

United Utilities, has opened applications for its 2027 graduate and intern programme - there are 50 graduate roles and 15 internship opportunities available across several business areas including roles in engineering, environmental, commercial, as well as data and analytics.

Thames Water welcomed its latest cohort of apprentices this September, following a record response to its 2026 apprenticeship programme. Almost 10,000 applications were submitted for 145 roles, the highest number in the company’s history.

At a time when graduate opportunities are becoming harder to find, Anglian Water and its Alliances, the @one Alliance and Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA), are going in the opposite direction, launching their biggest-ever graduate programme.

Wisbech’s new Green Skills Academy at the College of West Anglia has officially opened, made possible by £2 million of overall funding from Anglian Water and its alliance partners, including Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Clancy, Claret, Costain, Danaher & Walsh, Farrans, Jacobs, Kier, M Group, Mott MacDonald Bentley, MWH Treatment, Public Sewer Services, Skanska and Sweco.

The government has launched a new consultation on its proposal to bring together the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to create a single, unified Industry Training Board (ITB) to act on behalf of the combined construction and engineering construction sectors.

Severn Trent is set to return with its Big Boost for Leicester event tomorrow to connect people with employment opportunities, live vacancies and hands on support.

To mark National Apprenticeship Week, Water Minister Emma Hardy toured United Utilities’ state of the art technical training academy in Bolton meeting dozens of trainees embarking on careers in the water sector.

Southern Water is looking to take on more than 90 graduates and apprentices before the end of 2026 – three times last year’s total.