Scottish Water installs 880-plus solar panels at Cumnock WwTW in East Ayrshire
A £516,000 PV project to install over 886 solar panels has been completed at a waste water treatment works in East Ayrshire, supporting Scottish Water’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2040.
Scottish Water installs additional 516 solar PV panels at St Andrews WwTW site
Scottish Water has installed an additional 516 solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels at its waste water treatment works in St Andrews as part of its pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2040.
Anglian Water solar power & storage scheme will up energy generation by 80% & create extra revenue stream
Anglian Water is partnering with Open Energi and redT on an integrated energy storage project which will see a 60kW/300kWh redT energy storage machine installed alongside a 450kWp solar panel PV system at one of its water treatment works.
Scottish Water completes largest solar panel project to date
Scottish Water has announced the completion of the utility’s largest solar panel scheme to date with the installation of 4800 photovoltaic (PV) panels at two adjacent borehole sites in Speyside.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
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. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
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. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
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.”
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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