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Scotland’s bathing water season opens on 10th anniversary of first samples taken under the revised Bathing Water Directive

Government, Policy & Regulation
Scotland’s bathing water season began on 1st June and 2025, marking the 10th anniversary of the first samples taken under the revised Bathing Water...
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Affinity Water’s pioneering testing method recognised by UK experts

Water Company News
Affinity Water has become the first water laboratory in the UK to develop and establish an advanced method for detecting total cyanide in drinking...
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South East Water secures new contract to provide drinking water testing services for Southern Water

Industry News
South East Water has secured a new contract with Southern Water to provide drinking water testing services for Southern Water customers. South East Water confirmed...
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Key factors in forecasting and managing floods in rivers and urban areas

Industry News
Experts agree that global warming is the main cause of more frequent and intense flooding. According to data published by Oxfam Intermón, the number...
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UK’s first water monitoring centre launched to act as early-warning system for disease outbreaks and community health

Market Analysis & Research
The University of Bath is launching the UK’s first early-warning public health surveillance system based on detecting tiny traces of chemicals and biological markers...
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KELLER Pressure’s groundwater data loggers make significant contribution in the Netherlands

Case Studies
WMD Drinking Water in the Netherlands produces more than 35 million m3 of drinking water every year and prevents everything from coming to a...
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NRW steps up action in response to prolonged dry weather

Government, Policy & Regulation
Following the extended period of warm and dry weather, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has confirmed that the trigger thresholds have been met to move...
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£6m funding for automated drones and smart robotics that will be able to both sample and deliver near lab-grade analysis of coastal and inland...

Awards, Charity & Funding
A world-leading project that’s set to see drones, robots and a mobile lab transform how rivers and seas are monitored has been named a...
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Yorkshire Water AI-Water Quality Monitoring named a winner in the fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge

Awards, Charity & Funding
An innovative solution that uses AI models to provide continuous river water quality monitoring at multiple inland bathing water sites, has been named a...
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Welsh Parliament’s Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee raises concerns over the ability of Natural Resources Wales to do its job

Government, Policy & Regulation
The Welsh Parliament's Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee has raised concerns over the ability of Natural Resources Wales to do its job effectively. NRW...
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Satellites, robots, drones and AI among winners of Ofwat’s fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge

Awards, Charity & Funding
Pioneering technological solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the water sector have won a share of £42 million from the Ofwat Innovation...
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Northumbrian Water wins Ofwat funding for three different ground-breaking projects

Awards, Charity & Funding
Northumbrian Water has been awarded a £9.5 million boost to kick-start three different ground-breaking projects, which will help to protect the region’s waterways and...
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Environment Agency starts sampling Devon and Cornwall’s beaches

Government, Policy & Regulation
Environment Agency sampling of Devon and Cornwall's 155 monitored beaches has now started and will run through until the end of September. A beach...
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New bathing water season for Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Sussex

Government, Policy & Regulation
Environment Agency monitoring of the 56 designated bathing waters between Highcliffe and Hastings Pelham have started ahead of summer. According to the EA, the chief...
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Detectronic achieves a king’s award for enterprise

Awards, Charity & Funding
Wastewater monitoring specialists, Detectronic, have been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise. Nelson-based Detectronic is one of 197 organisations nationally to be recognised with...
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Delivering high-assurance data and insights of UK river health with AI driven transformation

Water Vlogs
Rob Passmore, CEO & Co-founder, Additive Catchments, discusses the company’s partnership with Capgemini, designed to address the critical need for continuous water quality monitoring...
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EPA says high standards achieved for bathing water quality in Ireland, but challenges remain during heavy rainfall

Government, Policy & Regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ireland has published the Bathing Water Quality in Ireland report for 2024 which shows that water quality at...
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GF Piping Systems extends its measurement and control portfolio with the 288X Conductivity/Resistivity Sensors

Product News
GF Piping Systems has extended it measurement and control portfolio with the launch of the 288X Conductivity/Resistivity Sensors. The Swiss flow solutions provider designed...
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Investigation leads to overflowing collection tank and pollution conviction

Government, Policy & Regulation
Michael McCullagh, (70), Gorticashel Road, Greencastle, Co Tyrone was convicted yesterday (28 April 2025) at Omagh Magistrates Court, under Article 7(1)(a) of the Water...
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Objectively Speaking: An in-depth review of storm overflow performance for 2024

Insight & Opinion
In his regular column, Oliver Grievson, Associate Director AtkinsRéalis and Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter, provides an in-depth...
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ERIKS brings its deeply technical knowledge to the water equipment show

Event News
ERIKS Industrial Services will be showcasing its reliability services and engineering capabilities for the water and wastewater industries on Stand F128 at The Water...
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Thames Water extends water quality monitoring contract

Water Company News
Meteor Communications, provider of remote environmental monitoring technology, has announced that Thames Water Utilities Ltd has extended the term of its Framework Agreement for...
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Vodafone and River Severn Partnership trial ‘network-as-a-sensor proposition’ to improve rain forecasting

Environmental News
Vodafone is joining forces with River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSPAWIR) and Wireless DNA to use its mobile network to provide more...
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EU invests €4.6M in new water sensor to track hidden pollutants in lakes and rivers

Product News
An EU consortium is developing a new photonic sensing platform to track invisible threats from petrochemicals, pesticides, heavy metals, and industrial waste in our...
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Smart Sewers – How Thames Water’s 20,000 sewer monitors help to prevent flooding and pollution incidents before they occur

Water Company News
The UK’s largest water company has invested £20 million over the last three years to make its sewers smart by installing over 20,000 monitors...
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ABB launches ChloroStar family of analyzers for smart and efficient chlorine measurement

Product News
ABB has launched ChloroStar, a family of sensors, transmitters and accessories for accurate and reliable chlorine measurement and analysis that enable users in the...
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Smart pump management critical to AMP8 success   

Insight & Opinion
The UK water industry faces a significant challenge: delivering essential services while minimising its environmental impact. Greater use of cutting-edge pump technology and smart...
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Yorkshire Water reduces number of discharges from storm overflows by 12% in 2024

Water Company News
According to the Environment Agency's latest event duration monitoring (EDM) figures, Yorkshire Water has reduced the number of discharges from storm overflows to the region’s...
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Environment Agency says spill count and duration remains unacceptably high across England following publication of latest Event Duration Monitoring

Government, Policy & Regulation
The Environment Agency has today published water company Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) Annual Return data for 2024 showing the frequency and duration of spills from storm...
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Additive Catchments and Capgemini partner to lead AI-driven transformation of UK river health

Industry News
Additive Catchments and Capgemini have announced a key partnership in the UK to scale Additive Catchments’ Catchment Monitoring as a Service (CMaaS®) platform. The collaboration...
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New Non-Executive Director at Meteor Communications targets continued expansion

Appointments & People
Following successive years of vigorous growth, Meteor Communications, the specialist developer of remote environmental monitoring equipment and services, has appointed Thierry Bouzac as Non-Executive...
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New theatres and networking opportunities await at this year’s WWEM Expo

Event News
Since the acquisition of Water, Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring (WWEM) Expo by ROAR B2B, 6 months ago, the new organiser says the exhibition is...
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UK and Welsh Government unite in £1m fund to transform River Wye

Government, Policy & Regulation
The Welsh and UK Government have announced a new £1 million joint research initiative to tackle water quality issues in the River Wye.  The Welsh...
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Innovation drives efficiency at Five Fords WwTW growth mitigation scheme

Case Studies
Engineers working on a project in North Wales have employed innovative techniques to improve wastewater treatment efficiency at a fraction of the cost of...
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Northern Ireland Water Classification Statistics Report 2024 released

Government, Policy & Regulation
The 2024 Northern Ireland Water Classification Statistics Report has been published by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
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Bearing failure analysis is critical – even in the ‘smart’ bearing era

Industry News
The transition to ‘smarter’ technologies is gathering pace across all sectors of industry and wherever motion control applications require smooth and efficient movement ‘smart’...
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