Experts and professionals from across the water sector will gather on 24th November to discuss zero leakage, self-healing networks, a revolution in performance and asset data - a future where existing networks deliver optimum efficiency to meet tomorrow’s demands.

A focus group specialising in data and analytics has become the latest addition to the British Water Technical Forum.

The European Commission has confirmed the calls and other actions of the second year of the two-year Horizon 2020 work programmes setting out funding opportunities for 2017 - including the new 'Closing the water gap' topic with a budget of €10 million.

The European Commission has released the 2016 results of the European Innovation Scoreboard, the Regional Innovation Scoreboard and the Innobarometer which look at the innovation performance of member states.

A new joint venture between global asset management consultancy, Amey, and world leading drone technology experts, VTOL Technologies, will use precision, long-range drones to transform asset management inspections – making it safer, quicker and easier to assess vital infrastructure such as bridges and railways.

Investment in tidal energy will provide a huge boost to steelmaking and other industries, creating many thousands of jobs in South Wales, the head of the Government’s independent review of tidal lagoon power, Charles Hendry, heard during a visit to Newport.

T·PARK, Hong Kong’s first self-sustaining sludge treatment facility and the largest sludge treatment plant in the world, has officially opened. 

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced it will invest up to €10 million euros in AW-Energy, a pioneering start-up company from Finland which developed “WaveRoller” wave energy technology.