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Why building water resilience should still be a priority After being given a significant investment boost in water resilience schemes, including new water resource projects that help to increase drought resilience and deliver and protect 159 million litres of water per day, water companies now have to scale back plans. Following the recent publication of its draft determinations, Ofwat has selected to slash investment in water companies’ water resilience schemes. We noted with interest that Jacob Tompkins, co-founder and CTO at the Water Retail Company, recently told Utility Week that cuts to resilience spending are the wrong areas to make savings, saying: “There is very little resilience in water supply networks at the moment. There’s no slack in the system for failures and a lot of it is falling apart.”  We share the view that more investment is required now to help upgrade critical infrastructure. In 2023 there were 59,000 incidents on the water network in England alone. With an ageing infrastructure, a growing population and more extreme weather, the UK water network needs to prioritise ongoing and significant investment in resilience and support for innovation to help protect and prevent incidents.  Our thanks to Utility Week for the article. #WaterResilience #Ofwat #WaterIndustry https://lnkd.in/em_f4FeE

We love hearing feedback like this! Thank you, Emily, for trusting us to help with your water emergency on such short notice. Your kind words truly inspire us to keep delivering our best. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #CustomerExperience #VoiceOfTheCustomer

At Water Direct, we welcome the recent announcement by Ofwat chair Iain Coucher, urging the water sector to prepare for a more robust regulatory environment. This proactive stance aligns perfectly with our commitment to supporting resilience in water supply across the UK. As a trusted partner in emergency water supply and resilience planning, we understand the importance of stringent regulations in safeguarding our water infrastructure. We are encouraged by the opportunities this new regulatory landscape presents. Enhanced oversight will drive innovation, improve accountability, and ultimately benefit consumers and the environment. Our thanks to Ruth Williams at Utility Week for the article. Subscribers can read the article in full at https://lnkd.in/e2zJNnUr #WaterResilience #RegulatoryExcellence #Innovation #Sustainability #Ofwat #WaterIndustry

We are delighted to announce our sponsorship of the Institute of Water Midlands. One of the lynchpins of the UK water sector, the Institute of Water plays a critical role in driving best practice, enabling excellence and inspiring the next generation of water industry professionals. As a collaborative partner body, we look forward to working more closely with the Institute of Water, its committee and its members to share innovation and best practice in managing and mitigating the impact of water scarcity and industry disruptors. https://lnkd.in/eieJ_DWx

Thank you to Paul Gregory at PTG SCAFFOLDING LIMITED for taking the time to share your feedback with us, your positive experience is a great encouragement to our team: "Excellent service from Water Direct, a large-scale project with very restricted access to fill a large number of IBC containers, all arranged through Hayley Crawford who was fantastic throughout even with us kept on adjusting the dates. Excellent." Great work Hayley and the team! ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #CustomerExperience #VoiceOfTheCustomer

We were pleased to join British Water's recent Annual General Meeting. Each year, we witness remarkable progress and the immense value of collaboration within the water sector ecosystem. Kudos to everyone involved in driving these advancements. #WaterResilience #BritishWater #SustainableWater #WaterManagement #WaterIndustry

This is how you deliver temporary water supply to the events industry at scale. As always, amazing work from the team at MTD Water - it was our pleasure to support you.

We're passionate about our end-to-end support for the events industry. Thanks for inviting us to be featured as a Superhero Supplier Event Industry News

Huge congratulations to Thames Water and Severn Trent for being recognised at the prestigious Brave Blue World Foundation Lighthouse Awards 2024. These awards highlight organisations that strategically leverage innovation to safeguard and enhance global water supplies. Thames Water, partnering with Microsoft and FIDO Tech, is leveraging AI to decrease water leakage in the Thames Water region. Severn Trent, along with CIRTEC, AtkinsRéalis and JN Bentley, is constructing the world’s first large-scale cellulose recovery plant, a major advancement in resource recovery and sustainability in wastewater treatment. https://lnkd.in/ga--7Muw