Ofwat has published updated guidance for stakeholders and water companies on its regulatory and commercial expectations where water companies are developing projects to be delivered using Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC).
Yorkshire Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for a Property Management Framework with an estimated total value of 21.6 million including VAT.
Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a contract for hydro operations monitoring and maintenance with an estimated total value of £6.3 million excluding VAT.
The Environment Agency has awarded a contract for Plant Servicing, Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (SIMAR) services for plant assets with an estimated total value of approx. £56.33 million including VAT.
Yorkshire Water, in collaboration with AI specialists UnifAI Technology, has started an innovative research project that uses AI modelling to provide real-time water quality predictions at designated bathing water sites across the county.
Scottish Water has installed a new solar scheme at Lawhead pumping station which is now helping to power water services for Scottish Water customers in Penicuik.
Portsmouth Water has launched a public consultation, asking customers and stakeholders to comment on its plans to manage future droughts.
Welsh Water has lifted the precautionary boil water notice issued to customers on Friday last week in parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf supplied by Maerdy Water Treatment Works with immediate effect.
New research by Thames Water reveals 15.5 million (44 per cent) wet wipe users flush them down the toilet, with more than one in six (16 per cent) doing so daily and a further 16 per cent of users doing it at least once a week.
United Utilities (UU) has issued a wide-ranging call for options inviting interested organisations to submit proposals to help with the development of its Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan (DWMP).
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
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.