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Getting to Grips with… FOG and bioaugmentation
Of the tens of thousands of blockages in UK sewer networks every year, almost three
quarters are caused by Fats, Oil and...
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Capital's infrastructure needs integrated water approach
The concerns of Londoners about the capital city's resilience highlight the need for
integrated planning across water,...
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Ready for anything: Resilience in the Round
Resilience is one of the four priorities that Ofwat wants to see water companies adopt in
their plans for PR19. But what...
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Mind the step: manholes, steps and ladders
Manhole steps, ladders and associated access systems perform a safety critical function.
Here, Chris Cawte, managing...
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Deragger proves benefits in wide-ranging trial
An innovative device which keeps sewage pumps free of rag has been shown in an
independent trial to save energy as well as...
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Interview: Ofwat director Trevor Bishop
Ofwat director Trevor Bishop explains why the regulator wants to ensure wastewater
resilience becomes just as central to...
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International leaders to discuss the future for the UK wastewater sector
Senior leaders from national and international wastewater companies, the UK
government, Ofwat and other key organisations...
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PR19 Challenge Report - Supply Interruptions
In the third in our series of PR19 Challenge Reports, which look in detail at each of
the
14 common performance...
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Innovation Zone: Protect against sewer flooding
At a time when building flood resilience is a national priority, innovative technologies
can help keep sewer flooding...
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Tunnel vision: Building the Shieldhall sewer superstructure
The Shieldhall Tunnel is Scotland's biggest sewer superstructure. Scottish Water's
Dominic Flanagan and Costain's Neil...
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PR19 Challenge Report - Sewer Flooding
In the second of our PR19 Challenge Reports, which look in detail at each of the 14
common performance commitments which...
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WWT Explains… Pumps as Turbines
In this educational guide from WWT we look at Pumps as Turbines (PaT) applications,
in
which pumps can be run in reverse...
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CENTAUR: Upsizing sewer storage
The Water Industry Award-winning CENTAUR offers ‘virtual storage' within sewer networks
to cut flood risk and reduce CSO...
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WWT challenge report: leakage
In the first of our Challenge Reports looking at the 14 common performance
commitments
that water companies will be...
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WWT Explains... Wastewater pump control and optimisation
Welcome to our WWT Explains guide to wastewater pump control and optimisation,
which has been produced in association with...
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News >
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Sewer pipe ‘re-rounder' robot wins innovation award
The Wessex Water team behind pioneering robotic sewer repairs has been recognised with
the south west Institute of Water Innovation Award 2019.
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Irish Water awards estuary pipeline contract
Irish Water has awarded the contract for the design and construction of the Cobh to
Monkstown Estuary Crossing pipelines to O'Connor Utilities Ltd, in a project which will end
the decades-long practice of discharging raw sewage into Cork Lower Harbour.
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Scottish Water makes Paisley tunnel breakthrough
Scottish Water's tunnel boring machine has ‘broken through’ in Paisley ahead of the
completion of the utility’s major investment to improve water quality and the natural
environment in two local rivers.
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M Group Services expands utilities division with TPC acquisition
M Group Services, the parent company of Morrison Utility Services, has announced that
its new wastewater network services subsidiary, IWJS, has completed the acquisition of
the drainage division of Tomato Plant Company (TPC).
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Yorkshire Water pays £200k donation following sewage pollution
Yorkshire Water has agreed to pay £200,000 to an environmental charity to resolve an
investigation into a sewage pollution incident which took place near Doncaster in 2015.