UK’s safe digging industry breaks records in 2025
LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging platform, surpassed four million searches in 2025, making it the most successful year in the organisation’s history.
A costly gamble: the water sector’s contradictory safety practices
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Richard Broome, Managing Director at LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging resource, discusses the contradictory state of safety within the water sector, detailing how to improve safety while balancing financial pressures.
South Staffs and Cambridge Water sign up to LSBUD to further protect networks assets
South Staffs Water and sister company Cambridge Water have joined the membership organisation Linesearch before u dig (LSBUD) to help further protect assets in their networks.
Northumbrian Water becomes first company to sign agreement to help reduce utility strikes
Northumbrian Water has become the first company to sign a national data-sharing agreement as the NUAR (National Underground Asset Register) project is set to roll out across the country.
Northumbrian Water develops innovative tool to measure depth of underground water pipes
Northumbrian Water has developed a simple but innovative tool which helps measure the depth of underground water pipes.
New code of practice for recording data on underground utilities
BSI, the business standards company, has launched a new code of practice aimed at transforming the way data on underground utilities is captured, recorded, maintained and shared.
Ordnance Survey to locate and map Bahrain’s underground utilities
Ordnance Survey is supporting a new project for accurately locating and mapping the Kingdom of Bahrain’s underground utilities.
Quantum technologies could offer commercial potential for water sector
A new roadmap for quantum technologies setting out how UK businesses can lead the world in multi-billion pound industries over the next 25 years has flagged up potential applications in the water sector.
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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.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise. -
Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers. -
Barhale completes two Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects for Severn Trent
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
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