Severn Trent Water has sent its waste water team to a local ‘sewer blockage hotspot’ in Bentilee, Staffordshire, to identify any potential sewer issues and to talk to customers to gain a better understanding of how to prevent it.

Staff from Wessex Water’s engineering and construction department have been awarded two United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology awards for two separate initiatives. 

The International Energy Agency is calling for a concerted push for clean-energy innovation as the only way the world can meet its climate goals and for public spending on low-carbon technology R&D to be tripled.

Shrewsbury Hydro Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for a full licence to abstract water from the River Severn at Castlefields Weir, Shrewsbury.

United Utilities has applied to the Environment Agency for three abstraction licences as part of a programme to help restore sustainable abstraction, protect the water environment from serious damage and reduce the risk to the Ehen Special Area of Conservation.

Southern Water has reported a fifteen-fold improvement in its performance to prevent sewer flooding incidents in the past year.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has won an international award for best supporting water utility company for their work in innovation.

A radical change of approach to grit removal in wastewater treatment plants which is being introduced to the UK for the first time, could be fundamental to achieving progress towards water company TOTEX objectives in AMP6 and beyond.