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PepsiCo applauded for off-grid water ambition

Plans by PepsiCo to take its largest manufacturing factories off the water grid by 2018 have been singled out by a leading environmental think tank as an example of best practice.
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The Big Question

Who is to blame for drought hit Britain?
Do you agree that UK drought in the midst of heavy floods is due to water mismanagement by suppliers?
· Yes, more action should have been taken on leakage
· No, it’s up to water users to conserve this precious resource
· It’s an unavoidable situation – you can’t control the weather!

Money matters

Easing the burden

Easing the burden Capitus director Aubrey Calderwood offers edie users a guide to sustainable and renewable tax incentives that could help your business save money and grow...
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Award Winners

Read all about the winning projects, products and consultancies from last year's Awards for Environmental Excellence

Entry now open for Sustainability Leaders Awards 2012

NI Water installs wastewater treatment unit

NI Water has installed a new wastewater treatment unit at a housing development near Rathfriland in a bid to improve the quality of treated effluent. ... read more

Water supplies will be the top sustainability challenge

A warning that two thirds of the world's population will be living with water stress by 2025 headlined a business sustainability webinar run this morning by Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions. ... read more

Businesses must collaborate with supply chain to improve water efficiency

Businesses can improve water efficiency across their operations and in their products by taking a collaborative approach with their supply chain partners, according to three major brands. ... read more

South West Water shaves £1m off business bills

A new service offering water efficiency advice has helped save up to £1m on water and sewerage bills for businesses across southwest England. ... read more

New Thames Tunnel consultation set to launch

Thames Water has unveiled plans to launch an additional four-week consultation round on amendments to its proposed Thames Tunnel project. ... read more

The new lighter bottles rolling off production lines in Buxton

Waste

Nestlé shows real bottle in lightweight packaging

Nestlé Waters claims to have developed the UK's lightest bottled water product with the opening of its new £35m production factory in Buxton last week. ... read more

Business engagement will drive economy, says Ofwat

Managing business customer expectations and creating a sustainable water supply legacy needs to be the challenge water companies address, according to Thames Water and Ofwat. ... read more

Waste

Spam maker makes mincemeat of waste and water

Hormel Foods, the company behind the Spam brand, has exceeded its first set of five-year sustainability goals for reductions in waste, water and packaging. ... read more

Water companies react to British Water survey

Northumbrian Water has come first in the latest Water Company Performance survey run by British Water and based on the views of supply chain stakeholders, the third year running it has claimed the top spot. ... read more

Features

NIW's Trevor Haslett: "I thought if anyone is going to turn the company around it would be best done by someone who knows the business inside out"

'I've taken blunt questions - and given honest answers'

The winter crisis of 2010/11 has forced Northern Ireland Water to change the way that it operates. In an exclusive interview, chief executive Trevor Haslett gives WWT editor Natasha Wiseman the inside story ... read more

Tread with care

With a new international standard being developed for water footprinting, Stuart Crisp, business development director of Concrete Pipeline Systems Association, considers how pipeline materials measure up ... read more

Continuous ultrasonic cleaning of sensor helps maintain optimum performance

MCERTS 'not enough' for complex sites

A successful monitoring system needs more than an Environment Agency MCERTS certificate, argues Steven Tuck of Pollution & Process Monitoring ... read more

Scottish Water completes 1.2km tunnel

One of Scotland's largest project in AMP5 has been completed in Airdrie. Scottish Water's William Ancell explains ... read more

Welsh Water's head of communications Sally Gronow (right), helps check the levels on a newly installed latrine

Harsh reality of water poverty first hand

Twelve volunteers from the water sector in the UK have just returned from a fact-finding mission to Zambia in southern Africa. ... read more

Real time data leads to real time savings

Hi-tech help to drive the savings

Water companies are under pressure to perform more efficiently. Andrew Reeks explains how automation technology can optimise a company's performance ... read more

An investment not a hindrance

Chair of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH)'s Environment & Waste Management Group, Joe Taylor, looks at best practice in the water industry, and the potential impact of the Government review into UK laws ... read more

Products & Services

Sludge and Biosolids treatment - Waste to Energy

We can achieve optimum sludge volume reduction and maximise the potential energy recovery using the Eolia software. Technology includes gravity belt thickeners, belt press, thermal hydrolysis, Anaerobic Digestion, incineration, wet oxidation, liquid sludge chemical stabilisation and pasteurisation a... read more

Ammonia Monitor for water quality

A new technique for continous monitoring of low levels of ammonia in river water. The monitor is not susceptible to the fouling and drift problems of ion selective electrodes or colorimeters.... read more

Wastewater and Effluent Treatment

Effluent treatment technology includes activated sludge processes, trickling filters, aerobic biological treatment, SAF plants, Biostyr - compact up flow BAFF, Drumfilter/Discfilter, UV disinfection systems, ActifloÃ‚® - high-rate ballasted clarification, membrane bioreactor, AnoxKaldnes HYBAS and M... read more

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Latest Water Jobs

Auditor

Yorkshire, £33ph

Senior MEICA Auditor, Yorkshire.

The role of the Technical Auditor will include monitoring adherence to the financ...... read more

MEICA Auditor

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Senior MEICA Auditor, Yorkshire.

The role of the Technical Auditor will include monitoring adherence to the financ...... read more

Principal auditor

Yorkshire, £30-33phltd

Principal Engineer - Auditor, Yorkshire.

Expected duration of 12 months.

The role is to be based at our cl...... read more

Career Opportunities in Engineering/ Project Management

UK Wide, Not specified

Do you want to be involved in designing and delivering major projects in the energy, waste, industrial and water sectors? ...... read more

Blogs

Comments

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Technology must make a splash

The UK public and media response to the drought situation is fascinating and heartening as phone-ins and commentators scramble to find a peg for the blame and solutions to the problem. Interestingly, callers to Radio 4's You & Yours on 13...... read more

Looming drought should spur investment

It’s only just turned spring but the south and east of England is already in drought, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with some parts drier than at any point since the famous heatwave of 1976. Conseq...... read more

Private sector failing to deliver

Given its sheer size and scale of operation, Thames Water will always win statistical Top Trumps in the water industry playground. Customers: 14m. Turnover: £1,600m. Length of water mains: 31,300km. Mains over 100 years old: 44%. Water lost to...... read more

Water Events

Exhibitions | Seminars | Conferences

Irish Water Exhibition

17/10/2012 to 18/10/2012
Simmonscourt Dublin
Ireland’s leading event for water and wastewater professionals.The Irish Water Exhibition, part of Resource Ireland, is the leading event for water, wastewater and effluent professionals who are looking for the top suppliers to the water in... read more

Irish Sustainable Business Exhibition

17/10/2012 to 18/10/2012
Simmonscourt, Dublin, Ireland
Resource Ireland is the premier event for the Irish environment, water, recycling and waste markets. ... read more

Energy from Waste

17/09/2012 to 18/09/2012
Copthorne Tara Hotel, Central London, United Kingdom
Targets set by the European Landfill Directive state that England and Wales must landfill no more than 8 million tonnes of biodegradable municipal was... read more