Oil find near Gatwick has potential for "significant daily production"
London quoted UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC is has announced that US-based Nutech Ltd estimate that the Horse Hill-1 well in the Weald Basin has a total oil in place (OIP) of 158 million barrels per square mile (MMBO), with the potential for significant daily oil production.
Graphene water & wastewater tech secures £4m funding
Innovative water and wastewater treatment company ArviaTM Technology has secured £4 million in its latest round of investment funding. The company is now embarking on a series of demonstration installations in industrial treatment facilities.
Severn Trent Water tests new wind turbines
Severn Trent Water’s new wind turbines, Winnie and Tony at Derby, yesterday started turning intermittently, as the world’s first 3D holographic radar system is brought into operation to support them.
DECC says England's waterways could heat 1 million homes
The Department for Energy and Climate Change says that a new online tool for communities has revealed that at least one million homes and businesses across England could be tapping into clean renewable heat embodied in the country's waterways.
Wave Energy Scotland: first £7m innovation competition opens to UK and EU technology developers
Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a new research and development body funded by the Scottish Government, is open for business with the launch of its first international technology innovation competition for developers in the UK and across the EU.
New joint industry initiative to support UK wave and tidal energy
The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland and the Welsh Government have announced they will be funding Aquatera Ltd and their delivery partners MarineSpace and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to run a secretariat function for the new Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) for Ocean Energy.
Sensing in Water Conference 2015 issues call for papers on AMP6
The Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG) has issued a call for papers for its upcoming Sensing in Water Conference in September - the main theme is how using sensors and instrumentation can help to deliver water company outcomes in AMP6 and over the next 25 years.
UKTI webinar to help UK firms export to French water market
UK Trade & Investment is running a webinar tomorrow afternoon at 2pm designed to help UK companies who want to find out more about export opportunities in the French water sector.
Veolia: €5m energy efficiency WwTW project to deliver €600k savings pa
An energy efficiency and effluent quality improvement project being carried out by the Spanish subsidiary of Veolia Water Technologies at the La Cartuja Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Zaragoza will save 600,000 euros a year in energy costs on a total investment cost amounting to nearly 5 million euros.
£1m funding secured for UK R & D project to develop next generation membranes
Researchers from the University of Bath have been awarded a £1m Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant to research and develop the next generation of long lasting ‘immortal membranes’ that will be able to separate water from problematic particles such as pharmaceuticals or pollutants.
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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. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise. -
Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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