Monthly Archives: June, 2023

Thames Water appoints new chair and issues statement after CEO’s resignation

Thames Water has appointed Sir Adrian Montague as new chairman just days after Sarah Bentley's sudden departure.  Sir Adrian, previously the chair of Anglian Water,...

Drought planning stepped up amid potential hottest June on record

Plans to maintain water supply resilience have been discussed by a team of national experts, following a decline in reservoir and groundwater levels, as...

Anglian Water pays £154,428 after sewage discharged into Bedfordshire River

Anglian Water has paid a monetary penalty of £150,000 following an investigation by the Environment Agency after sewage was released into the River Til. The...

Steve Vick International’s Contract Services team fills 180 metre abandoned sewer pipes with cementitious grout for Yorkshire Water

Steve Vick International (SVI) recently carried out a project for JN Bentley on behalf of Yorkshire Water. The project involved filling with cementitious grout...

Qdos pump doses for three years without fault

A Qdos 60 PU peristaltic pumphead from Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions has completed three years of maintenance-free operation without any leaks in a...

SES Water announces partnership with Pride In Surrey

As part of Pride month, SES Water has announced they are to be partnering with Pride In Surrey for the first time, providing its...

Senior Credit Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence discusses what effect a special administration regime might have on Thames Water’s debt

Following the surprise resignation of Thames Water's Chief Executive, Sarah Bentley, on Tuesday, and subsequent reports of crisis talks over the company's £14 billion...

Sarah Bentley resigns as Chief Executive of Thames Water

Thames Water has announced that Sarah Bentley has resigned as Chief Executive of the Company. Alastair Cochran and Cathryn Ross will assume the role...

SUEZ and Severn Trent pilot AirAdvanced®-Actilayer in landmark ‘Net Zero Hub’

SUEZ has announced its partnership with Severn Trent Water in the world-first, multi-million Net Zero Hub set to start in September in the latter's...

Water treatment plant installs new Borger pumps for membrane filtration

Fourteen Rotary Lobe Pumps made by Borger have been installed for a membrane filtration application at a water treatment plant. Achieving a total output of...

Aiimi leads on multimillion pound open data platform to boost water industry innovation 

Aiimi has announced that it is to be technical and data lead on the delivery of a multimillion pound open data platform for the...

Baumer releases new ultra-compact multi-code reader

A compact, multi-code reader which is capable of processing up to 40 frames per second, even of different code types, is the latest introduction...

Envirogen Group expands its line of DWI Regulation 31-compliant mobile filtration systems as a water-stressed summer is forecast

With hosepipe bans being extended in parts of South West England, and warnings of potential water shortages elsewhere, Envirogen Group has increased production of...

Ofwat gives go ahead to accelerate schemes totalling £2.2bn

Ofwat has confirmed its final decision to allow 33 infrastructure schemes, totalling £2.2 billion, with work beginning in the next two financial years, from...

Essex & Suffolk Water receives confirmation from Ofwat for accelerated funding for £48m investment

Four projects that will help maintain secure supplies of water to 1.8m people across Essex and Suffolk have been given a funding boost that...

Telling Tales – Getting in touch with customers

In a new column, Natasha Wiseman, founder & chief executive of Make Water Famous and WiseOnWater, urges water companies to take the case to...

Getting the best from a clamp-on flowmeter installation

Clamp on flow measurement is well known and well understood by instrument engineers, but there are pitfalls in getting the installation right and simple...

Michael Smith Engineers expands territory for Viking Pumps into Scotland

Michael Smith Engineers (MSE) has announced the expansion of its sales territory for Viking Pumps to include Scotland, with effect from June 2023. MSE is...

Innovation at scale is the cure for inaction

The water industry is at an inflection point. With a laundry list of current challenges, including trying to avoid a repeat of last year’s...

Burges Salmon collaborates with Affinity Water to launch a Digital Compliance Tool 

Burges Salmon’s Innovation team has developed a Digital Compliance Tool in collaboration with Affinity Water, to support the company’s objective of ensuring compliance across...

Clamp-on ultrasonic technology delivers real-time water network monitoring

Able to monitor water networks instantaneously, without the need for costly shutdowns or modifications to the pipeline, non-invasive clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters are reliably measuring...

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