United Utilities has awarded an AMP8 contract for satellite leak detection with an estimated value of £1.2 million (inc VAT) to SUEZ Advanced Solutions UK Ltd, in partnership with Asterras, to deliver a satellite-based leak detection service using SAR Band technology.

Anglian Water is adding satellites to its armoury to help detect invisible leaks across the most challenging parts of its vast network to maintain.

Northern Ireland Water has awarded a contract for satellite leak detection technology worth £2 million over four years.

NASA has started the countdown for the 15 December SpaceX launch of the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission to survey nearly all water on Earth’s surface for the first time.

South West Water has teamed up with satellite data analysts ASTERRA to use satellites to help find water leaks underground to help reduce leakage levels across its network.

NI Water has gone out to tender with a contract for satellite imagery leakage detection worth an estimated £3 million.

Scientists from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) have revealed that summer wildfires in the Arctic Circle exceeded last year’s records for CO2 emissions, while southwestern USA experienced extreme fire activity in August.

Researchers at Swansea University, Imperial College London and the University of Oxford have launched a project to drive next-generation solar technology into new applications.

Black & Veatch has announced a strategic partnership with Rezatec to collaboratively develop decision support tools that enable owners and operators of infrastructure assets to make intelligent, business critical decisions using geospatial analytics.

Northumbrian Water has cut leakage from 137.05Mld (megalitres per day) in 2017/18 to 136.26Mld in 2018/19, according to the latest results released on Friday 26^th July in an update to the industry-wide Discover Water website.