UK’s safe digging industry breaks records in 2025
LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging platform, surpassed four million searches in 2025, making it the most successful year in the organisation’s history.
A costly gamble: the water sector’s contradictory safety practices
In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Richard Broome, Managing Director at LSBUD, the UK’s leading online safe digging resource, discusses the contradictory state of safety within the water sector, detailing how to improve safety while balancing financial pressures.
South Staffs and Cambridge Water sign up to LSBUD to further protect networks assets
South Staffs Water and sister company Cambridge Water have joined the membership organisation Linesearch before u dig (LSBUD) to help further protect assets in their networks.
Northumbrian Water becomes first company to sign agreement to help reduce utility strikes
Northumbrian Water has become the first company to sign a national data-sharing agreement as the NUAR (National Underground Asset Register) project is set to roll out across the country.
Northumbrian Water develops innovative tool to measure depth of underground water pipes
Northumbrian Water has developed a simple but innovative tool which helps measure the depth of underground water pipes.
New code of practice for recording data on underground utilities
BSI, the business standards company, has launched a new code of practice aimed at transforming the way data on underground utilities is captured, recorded, maintained and shared.
Ordnance Survey to locate and map Bahrain’s underground utilities
Ordnance Survey is supporting a new project for accurately locating and mapping the Kingdom of Bahrain’s underground utilities.
Quantum technologies could offer commercial potential for water sector
A new roadmap for quantum technologies setting out how UK businesses can lead the world in multi-billion pound industries over the next 25 years has flagged up potential applications in the water sector.
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Uniwater strengthens its UK presence with acquisition of Hy‑Ram Engineering
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England. -
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK. -
BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies. -
ABB launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
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Southern Water showcases last footage inside Yew Hill Reservoir before filling
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