The scale of investment being proposed for Britain’s wastewater infrastructure is extraordinary. This week, a coalition including United Utilities, the Environment Agency and local stakeholders unveiled proposals for a […]
The UK water industry is entering a period where demonstrating operational performance is becoming just as important as delivering the work itself. With billions of pounds being invested in wastewater infrastructure, increasing […]
The UK’s wastewater industry is under increasing pressure to demonstrate not just that work has been completed, but that every stage of the process can be properly accounted for. From industrial waste […]
DEFRA’s digital waste tracking changes are being introduced as a regulatory requirement. But businesses shouldn’t look at them as just another regulation. They could be the […]
A pump stops working, an inspection identifies a problem, an engineer recommends further work or a monitoring system generates an alert. None of these events necessarily represents a major incident on […]
When new regulations are introduced, one of the first questions businesses ask is “How much more work is this going to create?”
It’s a fair question. Waste businesses are […]
Compliance doesn’t have to mean more paperwork. In fact, the move towards digital waste tracking could be an opportunity to reduce some of the administration involved in managing waste information. The key is making […]
The wastewater network is becoming increasingly intelligent. United Utilities is currently rolling out 330 intelligent wastewater pumping systems across north-west England as part of its programme to reduce storm-overflow spills.
The […]
A drainage asset fails. An alarm is raised. Someone needs to assess the problem, decide how serious it is, allocate the right engineers and potentially mobilise specialist contractors.
If the problem involves wastewater, every hour […]
The October 2026 deadline is approaching. We’re not waiting for it.
DEFRA’s move to mandatory digital waste reporting represents a major change for waste receiving sites. From 1 October 2026, […]
