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Comment: Can innovation help the taps continue to run in the future?
There is little doubt that innovative thinking is required if the industry to meet the resource
challenges of the future,...
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New dimensions: How BIM drove Scottish Water's Tullich WTW project
With ESD making extensive use of BIM including 4D visualisation tools, Scottish Water
has successfully completed a £29...
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Digital digging: OS and NWG's underground mapping system
Ordnance Survey helped pioneer an idea for a new digital mapping system for
underground utilities at Northumbrian Water's...
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Customers, Innovation, Sprinting and The Gruffalo
A design sprint on customer service at WWT's recent Water Industry Technology
Innovation Conference highlighted how the...
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Opinion: Improving Resilience in AMP7
Getting the right data to measure asset health and support resilience will be crucial for
water companies in meeting their...
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Finding value in liquid waste streams
Matt Hale, international sales and marketing director at HRS Heat Exchangers, looks at
how value can be extracted from...
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Innovation Zone: Driving down demand
With drought and water resources becoming a subject of growing importance, we look
at some customer-side options that can...
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Delivering innovation for PR19
Innovation will be the key to meeting many water sector goals after PR19, and many
potential technological solutions are...
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Moving towards greener resilience
Nature-based solutions can help us to see the big picture when building in system
resilience, writes Dr Jonathan Simm,...
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Innovation Zone: Pesticide protection
Metaldehyde cannot be removed effectively with standard drinking water treatment
processes, but there are technologies...
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Interview: UKWIR chief executive Steve Kaye
Steve Kaye, the new chief executive of UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR), wants to
get the industry thinking...
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Focusing on what matters to customers
Neil Croxton, Stantec's technical director - water distribution, on why it's not enough
just to adopt new smart...
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test
Smart meters are a subject of growing global interest at a time when a substantial
number of water utilities are facing...
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Innovation: Why use a pilot plant?
When designing a pilot-scale plant for trialling new technologies, it is important to be
clear about what you are hoping...
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Innovation Zone: Boosting biogas production
Regulatory changes mean that now is a good time for technologies that can help boost
biogas production from sludge. Here...
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News >
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Black and Veatch, EMAGIN join forces on asset analytics and AI
Black & Veatch has teamed up with EMAGIN to support UK water companies with
advanced operational intelligence, allied to hands-on asset management and
engineering expertise.
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Yorkshire Water starts smart analytics trial to help battle leakage
Yorkshire Water is trialling the use of smart analytics to find leaks in its network.
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UU commissions new assurance tech for West Cumbria project
United Utilities has commissioned innovative new assurance technology to use across
100km of pipeline, allowing it to manage contractors and meet Ofwat's regulatory
requirements for its £300 million West Cumbria water supplies project.
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Thames Water launches water efficiency cash scheme for retailers
Water retailers will receive cash boosts if they encourage business customers to be
more water efficient in an industry-first scheme launched by Thames Water.
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Young civil engineers see tech as solution to skills shortage
Eight in 10 civil engineers believe that a skills shortage is the main challenge for the
future of the industry, and 58 per cent of junior civil engineers believe that this
challenge could be overcome by adopting new technology.