In a first for the England and Wales water sector, South Staffs Water will implement a new artificial intelligence (AI) driven collections management system which will enable the company to proactively identify and support customers who are at risk of falling behind with their water bill payments.

In a UK industry first, Yorkshire Water has reused treated water from a wastewater treatment plant by transferring it to construction solutions provider Tarmac to produce concrete.

The Government’s Geospatial Commission is to make its first investment from its £80 million two-year budget.

In an industry first, Anglian Water is deploying an adapted form of naval technology across its network to locate and fix leaks faster than ever before.

A team from Nottingham Trent University has developed a new way to combat the globally difficult problems of eutrophication, hypoxia and dead zones which lead to the growth of harmful algal blooms (HABs) using oxygen nanobubble-modified clay.