Masdar City in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has officially inaugurated a seawater desalination pilot plant able to be powered by renewable energy built and operated by SUEZ.

Veolia has been collaborating on Masdar’s ambitious Renewable Energy Water Desalination Program. sharing the costs to build and operate a pilot plant with the same characteristics as future large scale and low energy consumption desalination plants.

Morrison Utility Services is working with Google’s new Project Tango Software Development Kit (SDK) to explore new 3D scanning applications for the utility sector.

Water companies should start to exploit the hydropower potential in sewage outfalls to meet their ever increasing renewable energy targets and utilise a valuable existing source, according to water and wastewater technology manufacturer Ham Baker.

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) risk being disqualified from bidding for work because of the lack of importance they are placing on looking after their valuable client data, according to a survey of procurement managers by KPMG.

Decades’ worth of data revealing the health of seas and marine wildlife, will be made freely available for the first time, following the launch of a new ‘Data Hub’ by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas).