Yearly Archives: 2023

Water Companies record sharp rise of 271% in sick leave since 2019

Businesses in the water supply and waste management sector have seen one of the biggest rises in sick leave across the UK in the...

Ground-breaking guide shares key tools for successful coastal climate adaptation

As the impacts of climate change continue to be felt around the world, coastal communities are especially vulnerable to the increasing risks caused by...

Only a third of local authorities have enough staff to manage growing flash flood risk, experts find

A survey of Risk Management Authorities (RMAs) responsible for managing surface water, the biggest source of flooding in England, finds they are significantly under-resourced...

£3.5 Million investment to improve Weobley Water environment has been completed

A £3.5 million investment project to help improve the river water quality in the Newbridge Brook and river Wye has been completed by Welsh...

Prototype of the new Matrix Multi-manifold boundary box available to see for the first time at Utility Week Live

A prototype of Atlantic Plastic's new Matrix Multi boundary box for the first time on the Atplas stand (H14) at Utility Week Live. Utility...

Consultation to expand storm overflow reduction targets to cover all coasts, estuaries and marine protected sites

The government is planning to consult on expanding its targets to tackle sewage even further to cover all coasts, estuaries and marine protected sites,...

Ofwat seeks powers to drive higher standards in customer service across water sector

Ofwat is seeking new powers to take action against water and wastewater companies across England and Wales when customer service falls short. A consultation has opened...

Yorkshire Water trials gels to remove rising main sediment

Yorkshire Water and its partners Morrisons Water Services and Intelligent Gels have successfully trialled the use of gel to remove sediments from rising mains. The...

UniSieve unlocks decarbonising opportunity for heavy industry as it lands $5.5m seed funding round

Heavy industries such as chemical or energy companies are among the heaviest carbon emitting sources yet they are broadly committed to the Net-Zero goals...

Mike Williamson MBE joins Adler and Allan as Director of Water Services Division

Water, environmental and energy services business Adler and Allan has announced the appointment of Mike Williamson MBE as Managing Director of its newly formed...

Egypt and UK sign MoU on water partnership

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between Egypt and the UK’s leading water sector trade association to establish a framework for bilateral...

Ovarro announces Barbara Hathaway as leakage technology leader

Ovarro has announced the appointment of Barbara Hathaway as its new technology leader specialising in leakage solutions. Barbara joined the technology company 27 years ago...

United Utilities scoops regional award for graduate scheme

United Utilities has scooped a regional award for its graduate scheme, with judges commending the water company for giving university leavers exposure to many...

Water retailer Water Plus helps SAMS tap into a brand-new carbon storage project

The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has announced a new corporate supporter, who are helping to accelerate research into blue carbon capture. As SAMS’...

Thames Water CEO to forgo annual bonus and LTIP payments

The CEO of Thames Water, Sarah Bentley, has made the decision to forgo any bonus or LTIP payments for the financial year 2022-2023. Thames...

How the digital revolution will define and shape the water industry

It wasn’t long ago that artificial intelligence (AI) was seen as a leap of faith into the future of an unknown. Many viewed it as...

Raam Shankar appointed as co-chair of TiE Global’s sustainability arm

Equitus World founder Raam Shankar has been named co-chair of TiE Global’s Sustainability and Impact Special Interest Group (SIG). TiE Global, one of the world’s...

Innovate UK-funded chemtech company develops game-changing solution to tackle global water scarcity crisis

Chemical technology company Puraffinity, funded by Innovate UK, is tackling the global challenge of water scarcity with an innovation that eliminates cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’...

United Utilities’ global hunt for game-changing ideas is back

United Utilities’ industry-leading Innovation Lab is back for its fifth year. The highly regarded ideas incubation programme has already successfully propelled many previous participants to...

Ofwat to penalise companies for failing to monitor storm overflows

Ofwat has set out new measures so that companies face penalties if they do not fully monitor their storm overflows.   All companies will have...

SuDS – a crucial part of the water management landscape

In this Water Vlog, Chris Griffiths, Head of Product Sustainability at Marshalls plc, chats with Water Magazine's Editor, Phil Alsop, about sustainable urban drainage...

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