Data from Anglian Water shows East of England flushes equivalent of 30 blue whales-worth of unflushables in one year
Data collected by Anglian Water has revealed that people across the East of England wrongly disposed of 3,047 tonnes of unflushable items last year causing avoidable blockages and risk to the region’s precious environment.
Anglian Water fined total of £871,000 for separate pollution incidents across three countries
Anglian Water has been fined a total of £871,000 after a catalogue of system and maintenance failures caused separate incidents of pollution across 3 counties.
Lanes Group launches Unblocktober 2022 and calls for urgent environmental action
Drainage experts Lanes Group have announced the launch of this year’s Unblocktober campaign, calling on individuals and businesses to take the Unblocktober pledge to clean drains and reduce the impact that waste is having on the climate and ecology in the UK.
Anglian Water clears over 200 tonnes of unflushables from sewers in Southend-on-Sea.
Anglian Water has cleared more than 200 tonnes of unflushables from sewers in Southend-on-Sea.
Coronavirus lockdown – Thames Water sees sewer blockages spike as incidents rise 20%
A clump of wet wipes and other 'unflushables’ as has been dragged from a Thames Water sewer, as blockages in the region climb almost 20 per cent during lockdown.
Amey turns to augmented reality in fight against £90m 'unflushables' issue
Leading public services provider, Amey, is developing a new augmented reality app which will be launched in 2020 and piloted across the Severn Trent Water contract to help fight ‘unflushables’.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
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. -
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.
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