Following publication of the Environment Agency’s stringent new requirements for reporting on sewer overflows, water companies are under urgent pressure to quantify, report, and mitigate events caused by groundwater infiltration, explains Ryan Pearson, head of strategy at Metasphere, a Grundfos company.

Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technologies, has completed the acquisition of XPV Water Partners portfolio company Metasphere, a leading provider of telemetry and analytics solutions for water networks.

Severn Trent Water and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy are seeking input from suppliers as they develop their Smart Metering Initiative.

Mounting pressure on utilities to achieve zero pollution events has accelerated sewer investment and action planning but rising main sewers pose a unique challenge. Better analysis of existing data can mitigate risks, says George Heywood, analytics innovation lead for technology specialist Ovarro.

Ovarro’s associate product line manager for RTUs & loggers Adam Wright discusses why more frequent capture of water supply and distribution data is becoming a must-have for utilities as they strive to build network resilience, improve customer experience and meet regulatory expectations. 

Matthew Hawkridge, chief technology officer, Ovarro explores how data and analytics can be used to filter out the noise from thousands of alarms generated each day by water company telemetry systems, with the risk of control rooms becoming overwhelmed and missing critical alerts ever present.

Ovarro, a subsidiary of Laurel Solutions and market leading provider of Remote Telemetry Units (RTUs), acoustic leakage data loggers, secure SCADA systems and intelligent analytics software, has announced the completed acquisition of ControlPoint, a UK based business serving the utility sector with digital quality assurance and data management solutions.

Affinity Water has selected a decision analytics solution to optimize its investment planning from Cananadian-headquartered firm Copperleaf. 

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.

Oliver Grievson, Deputy Chairman of Sensors in Water Interest Group (SWIG) and Technical Lead on the water industry at Z Tech Control Systems Ltd. discusses some of the key issues surrounding the question of how to convert data into information that provides real insight into the water industry.