Anglian has claimed a first for the water sector by connecting a live pipe using a keyhole technique which extracts the top layer of ground to reach the pipe without an operative needing to be in the hole.
Thames Water has shared details of an innovative technique it used to repair a pipe by sending engineers inside the pipe instead of patching the 90cm burst.
Ofwat has been asked to report to the government by the end of the month with “initial lessons” about water supply disruptions throughout the country following the cold spell and rapid thaw.