Severn Trent is seeking more supply chain input on the design and supply of sludge drying units for deployment at two separate sites and is inviting interested suppliers to provide additional information.
With sewage sludge as an agricultural fertiliser to farmland coming under greater public and media scrutiny, the issue is rising further up the water companies’ agenda and the possibility of tighter legislation is undoubtedly in prospect.
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.”