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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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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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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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United Utilities to remove 90-tonne fatberg by hand
United Utilities sewer engineers will remove a giant fatberg from a Liverpool sewer
using picks and shovels.
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Rainwater used for sewer jetting in Northumbrian initiative
Northumbrian Water has started using harvested rainwater in jetting operations to clear
sewer blockages, as an alternative to using clean, treated water for the purpose.
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Scottish Water starts £15M River Kelvin project
Scottish Water's multi-million pound investment project in Glasgow’s West End to help
improve the environment and water quality in the River Kelvin is under way.
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Six water companies back sanitary disposal bag initiative
Six of the UK's major water companies have joined an initiative to distribute disposal bags
which encourage customers to put sanitary items in the bin rather than flushing them.
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Tideway scoops sustainability award
Tideway, the company delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel, has been rewarded at the
Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019 for its green approach to the use of transport in the
project.