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DUBAI WATER LINE LOSSES 006-1-2019Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) in the Emirate of Dubai has recorded a new global milestone in reducing water network losses by reducing losses in its water networks to 6.6% ( down from 42% in 1988) compared to 15% in North America, making it one of the lowest in the world.

DAVID SMITH STANTECIn an Expert Focus article for Waterbriefing, David Smith, Executive Director at Stantec discusses how Innovation and integration will help prevent global water crises and how invention at the intersection of water, energy and agriculture is emerging as a hotspot and attracting growing investment. 

LUCOZADE COLEFORD FACTORYJapan-based Suntory Beverage & Food is investing £13 million in its UK-based subsidiary Lucozade Ribena Suntory to install a new, high-speed bottle filler at its Coleford factory which will reduce the amount of water and energy required to produce each bottle by 40%.

Scotland is set for the first of its kind large-scale water source heat pump scheme which will take heat from the river Clyde and use it to provide heating and hot water for a district heating network.

HUBER INSTALLED S DISC AT GREAT DUNMOWHUBER Technology have been involved with a large, high profile project with the @One Alliance to supply preliminary treatment equipment for a newly constructed inlet works and the addition of mechanical sludge thickening plant to accept sludge from the new Nereda activated sludge process at Anglian Water’s Great Dunmow Water Recycling Centre.

Xylem Smart Water -3A smarter water industry could upgrade creaking pipelines to an optimised, efficient, adaptable network. Beyond this, while still in its infancy, the water industry is also showing great promise regarding the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Northumbrian Water is looking to help protect communities from flooding and other major incidents through the use of pioneering innovative software and the help of Newcastle University students.

The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), the UK’s leading trade body for anaerobic digestion (AD),  has announced that it is recruiting a new Chair to lead the association into its second decade.

The Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) has announced two new partnerships with water utility companies, Anglian Water and Yorkshire Water.

In the first year of use since Severn Trent made the strategic decision to invest in the use of drone technology, the water company’s fleet of drones are generating huge savings in time and through improved efficiencies, as well as significant health and safety benefits. 

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