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Getting on in your health and safety career
Health and safety leaders offer professional development tips for those aspiring to a career
which put care for colleagues...
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Reaching net carbon zero
In summer 2019, the water industry committed to reach net carbon zero by 2030. This
is a very ambitious aim and...
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WWT Explains Supply Interruptions
In our latest WWT Explains guide, produced in association with Water Direct, we look at supply interruptions.
Water...
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WWT Explains...water reuse
In our latest WWT Explains guide, produced in association with Evides, we look at
water reuse.
Water reuse hasn’t yet...
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Rewarding excellence
WWT content director Alec Peachey looks ahead to next year's Water Industry Awards.
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WWT Explains… groundwater discharges
In our latest WWT Explains guide, produced in association with Marsh, we look at
groundwater discharges. New rules that...
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Innovation in the water industry
As water companies come under pressure to up their game on innovation, Water &
Wastewater Treatment (WWT) in association...
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WWT Explains… the practical realities of SuDS
In our latest WWT Explains guide, produced in association with Innovyze, we look at the practical realities of SuDS.
SuDS,...
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Outsourcing the skills supply problem
Paul MacFarlane, HR director for utilities at Amey, on tackling the industry-wide skills
challenge
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Model behaviour: Project 13
Project 13 was developed to provide a route map to a sustainable, innovative and highly
skilled industry. With those...
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Opinion: People and technology must work together
The idea of People vs Tech is outdated: People + Tech is the way forward, write Simon
Parker and Roger Williams
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The robots aren't coming... they're already here
Stantec lead design engineer Dan Causley looks at advances in technology and their
role in boosting productivity in the...
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Bridging the gap: Tackling diversity in the water sector
The water industry faces a substantial skills gap in the coming years, but could a
greater focus on gender and diversity...
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A Time to Skill: how can water face its workforce challenges?
Faced with the double challenge of an ageing workforce and a potential barrier to
bringing in EU talent due to Brexit, how...
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News >
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ATi UK donates SiteBox smart water quality systems to nightingale hospitals
Cutting-edge, smart water quality systems have been donated to UK Nightingale
Hospitals fighting Covid-19, helping to ensure the highest quality water to the
emergency healthcare facilities.
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Social distancing system protects employees returning to work
The Edinburgh-based firm Reactec has repurposed its system for monitoring workers'
exposure to health risk to create “Safedistance”, which enables employers to manage
the social distancing of their workforce within construction, rail, manufacturing and
other workplaces.
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Anglian first to use live streaming tech for maintenance
Anglian Water claims to have become the first business outside of the emergency
services to use a live-streaming technology to help engineers plan routine work during
lockdown.
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Skills chief steps down
The CEO of the industry's training and skills organisation, Nick Ellins is to step down at
the end of July after five years in the role.
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British Water backs workforce planning guidance for post Covid-19
Energy and Utility Skills white paper plots "effective route" back to BAU post Covid-19