Month: December 2018

December 11, 2018 Utility Week Awards 2018 Congratulations to all the water company winners at this year’s Utility Week Awards 2018! Suzanne Heneghan, Acting Editor, Utility Week Awards 2018 quoted: “This years’ Utility Week Awards have showcased all that is great about the utilities sector. Despite this Read More

December 10, 2018 SEPA SETS OUT NEW PLAN TO DRIVE INNOVATION ACROSS SCOTLAND’S METALS SECTOR An action plan to help Scotland’s metals sector become an innovative and valued part of Scotland’s emerging circular economy, improve environmental compliance and stop illegal activity, has been launched today by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. SEPA’s Metals Sector Plan Read More

December 10, 2018 100-year Old Mourne Wall restored ahead of schedule!   NI Water is delighted to announce the completion of the current schedule of repairs on the 100-year-old Mourne Wall. This most recent phase of the Mourne Wall Restoration Project saw over 600 repairs undertaken along the 22mile-long granite structure Read More

December 7, 2018 Are you a STEM Ambassador? If so, we would like to hear from you! The Institute of Water is looking to create a network to help create and promote links with existing STEM Ambassador Hubs across the UK. At this point, we’re simply looking to Read More

December 7, 2018 Value of data sharing can only be unlocked when critical engineering challenges addressed New checklist and data sharing case studies published by the Royal Academy of Engineering to guide organisations Engineering, business and governance challenges need to be addressed if the UK is to break down the barriers to sharing personal and non-personal Read More

December 5, 2018 Water Company asks customers for views on assurance plan Northumbrian Water is asking its customers to give their views on its Draft Assurance Plan Summary for 2019/20 – which sets out the tough measures it is putting in place to show customers can have confidence in the information it Read More

December 4, 2018 Further investment for Northumberland treatment works Northumbrian Water is investing nearly £4 million to upgrade its wastewater treatment works in Northumberland. The work at Wooler Sewage Treatment Works will help to increase its capacity and protect the environment, by ensuring sewage continues to be treated to Read More

December 4, 2018 Business retail water market: Three more big businesses take the plunge into self-supply Pub, cider and beer company Heineken UK, pub company Stonegate and textile rental and laundry service company Elis, have become the latest companies to be granted licences to self-supply in the business retail water market by economic regulator Ofwat. Each Read More

December 3, 2018 ‘Revolutionary’ waste water treatment trialled in Scotland A new technology developed in the US which could revolutionise the way the world’s waste water can be processed is being tested by experts at Scottish Water. A six month trial of Microvi’s MicroNiche Engineering (MNE) technology is taking place Read More