There has been a massive debate regarding the future of the water sector in the past few years. Many water companies have contributed their expertise, research platforms and opinions on this crucial matter. Although the water sector in the [...]
Once upon a time, water used to be free. In some sense that’s still true when looking at countries that have plenty to spare, such as the U.S. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop the world from spending more than a [...]
The world is on the precipice of a major water-shortage, especially in cities. This is due to the fact that much of the infrastructure dates back to the 1900s, at which time a mere 15% of the global population [...]
While the residential water cooler market in many countries is already large and growing, it has not really taken hold in the UK as yet, but is slowly growing, together with hot water boilers and under-counter machines. The water [...]
The bottled water industry can generally be seen at the forefront of relief efforts during natural disasters and other catastrophic events, as has again been seen during the recent bout of Hurricanes like Harvey and Maria, as well as [...]
Thames Water is utilising innovative software to cut costs, enhance health and safety and foster collaborative working across the company’s major projects. The technology, a digital software, Synchro, allows for a 3D model to be constructed and then synced [...]
The Institute of Water Annual Conference 2017, a key event in the calendars of the water and utility sectors, took place at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester on 14-15 June, and was attended by around 150 individuals from [...]
the Water Research Foundation (WRF) has recently funded a major research project focused on the implementation of risk management practice in international water utilities, which will be undertaken by Cranfield University. The $300,000 project, Real-life enterprise resilience, which is [...]
The water sector is generating more and more data from information centres, customer information, AI systems and assets, presenting it with growing challenges surrounding cyber security. While all this data is critical to the effective functioning of the sector [...]
Cathryn Ross, chief executive of Britain’s water regulator, Ofwat, will be leaving at the end of 2017 to take up a senior position in the private sector that is totally unconnected to the industry. Ross is praised as ‘transformational [...]
