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Changing the way water utilities think
George Hesmondhalgh, managing consultant at Capgemini, says companies need to stop
viewing legislation as an obligation...
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What can cities do to combat the water crisis?
Louise Ellis, water engineer and associate at Arup, discusses the findings from City
Water Resilience Approach assessments...
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How to become 'water-wise'
Luke Matcham, consultant at Capgemini, looks at how incentives and penalties can be
balanced to encourage water...
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Abstract concept: How can water companies reduce abstraction?
Despite concerns over supplies, water companies face pressure to reduce abstraction.
As part of our Utility of the Future...
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Making wasting water the newest taboo
Although water utilities have made great strides in reducing leakage, wasting water
needs to become the next big social...
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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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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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Innovation Zone: Rainwater harvesting
This month's Innovation Zone focuses on rainwater harvesting, which can make buildings
more water efficient and ensure the...
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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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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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Reservoir renewal: Severn Trent's Ambergate project
Laing O'Rourke and nmcn (formerly NMCNomenca) this year completed work on Severn
Trent’s £43 million project to replace...
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The Catchment Based Approach - what is it and why does it matter?
Engaging a range of partners at a river catchment scale is proving to be the best route to
environmental improvements,...
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Ready for resilience: Overcoming challenges on the BRP
Working collaboratively with Severn Trent Water, independent infrastructure specialist
Barhale has overcome some...
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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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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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News >
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Plans for new Hampshire reservoir revealed
Portsmouth Water has unveiled plans to submit a planning application to build a new
reservoir in Hampshire.
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Anglian Water completes restoration of underground reservoir
Engineers from Anglian Water have completed the restoration of a 150-year-old
underground reservoir.
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Anglian starts work on £6.5m pipeline project
Anglian Water engineers will start work on the installation of almost 3km of new pipeline
which will enable the company to move water from its treatment works in Norwich to
Ludham.
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British Water “encouraged” by utility survey results
British Water says it is encouraged by the results of its latest water company performance
survey, but that improvements can still be made.
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Water sector measures highlighted in Environment Bill
The government has unveiled a raft of new policies in its Environment Bill, with Ofwat and
the Environment Agency set to be granted greater regulatory powers over water
companies.