environment

Gemserv: having feet held to the fire as a B Corp will ‘undoubtedly’ drive innovation

More closely scrutinising its environmental impact and outcomes as a newly accredited B Corp will fuel innovation in the utilities sector and elsewhere according to professional services firm and Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management partner, Gemserv.

16/05/2022

News

From ‘re-meandered’ rivers to pollinator super highways: how are utilities innovating to support healthy and functional ecosystems?

While the utility sector’s creative minds are pulling up trees to fuel the energy transition, decarbonise and innovate around water supply, firms’ green strategies incorporate far broader schemes than simply replanting them.

13/05/2022

Analysis

Water Industry Awards Rising Stars: innovating amid a ‘seismic shift’ in bioresources

In the build up to the 2022 Water Industry Awards, Andrew McLeod, a bioresources process engineer at Jacobs and Rising Star Award finalist, reflects on five years in utilities after ‘pivoting’ from academia.

03/05/2022

Interviews

Six new tech firms selected for United Utilities Innovation Lab

United Utilities has unveiled half-a-dozen new tech partners, ranging from autonomous vehicles that collect and analyse water samples to an valve management app, following a global search for firms to join its accelerator program.

22/04/2022

News

Public see sewage as biggest cause of river pollution

Untreated sewage has become seen by the public as the biggest cause of river pollution ahead of other contributors such as litter, fly-tipping and commercial waste, according to a new report by CCW. The consumer watchdog said its research found an increasing public awareness of the issue from media reports and urged sewerage companies to do more to inform billpayers what they are doing to address the problem.

14/04/2022

News

Enabling innovation and growth in IoT

Phil Beecher, president and CEO of Wi-SUN Alliance, discusses findings from the group’s recent ‘Journey to IoT Maturity’ report and which drivers can help utility firms harness the potential of IoT.

12/04/2022

Comment

Sponge city: Europe’s first ‘smart canal’ feeding Glasgow’s sustainable regeneration

Glasgow City Council’s James Murray explains how award-winning data and digital technology upgrades to the 250-year-old Forth and Clyde Canal are helping build new homes and communities.

07/04/2022

Analysis

OEP ‘keenly interested’ in agricultural polluters

Finding ways to tackle the diffuse pollution from agricultural runoff that causes ecological damage to waterways and their biodiversity will be a key focus for the newly constituted Office for Environmental Protection, its chair has said.

29/03/2022

News

From proof of concept to the world’s ‘most extensive’ wastewater AI rollout

Almost a year since being named Most Innovative New Technology at the 2021 Water Industry Awards, leaders from Wessex Water and StormHarvester discuss creating a 35,000km smart sewer.

21/03/2022

Analysis

National Grid ‘strings’ wires onto world first pylons

National Grid has installed overhead wires onto the first of its redesigned pylons as part of a £900m connection project carrying low carbon electricity from Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset.

15/03/2022

News

Anglian protects eels with £8m WINEP investment

Anglian has begun adding mesh screens in its rivers to protect critically endangered European eels that have had their spawning routes disrupted by modern river structures and can be drawn into abstraction pipes. The company will spend £8 million helping the eels as part of its WINEP investment

03/03/2022

News

From satellites to sniffer dogs: how are water companies tracking leaks?

Ahead of WWT’s Smart Water Conference 2022, Utility Week Innovate dives into how UK water companies are deploying both old and new technology to tackle leakage.

01/03/2022

Analysis

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