Wessex Water

The work to deliver our £2 million upgrade of the sewerage network in Chippenham has been completed! 🛠️ This major investment includes a new 250,000-litre stormwater storage tank and significant sewer enhancements, where more than 500 metres of new sewer pipe has been installed within local roads. The project will ease flooding during heavy rain and reduce discharges to the River Avon. We're grateful to the Chippenham community, Wiltshire Council and all partners for their support throughout this project. #Chippenham #FloodingInvestment #RiverAvon

Today is #WorldWaterDay 💧 We supply over 273 million litres of water every day to 1.4 million customers and 47,000 businesses! Swipe to find out the journey your water goes through before it arrives at your tap 👉 By saving water where possible, you can help protect the environment while saving money on your water bill. For the full video, visit: https://lnkd.in/eAt9mDYH

What better way to celebrate open data than hosting a hackathon event! We were delighted to invite colleagues and academia to join our event in partnership with Stream: Unlocking Water Data for the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Open Data Day. Our one-day hack saw teams going head-to-head to explore datasets and develop new ideas to improve water quality in the environment. We’re incredibly proud of the teams, the progress they made and the impressive presentations of their ideas. Congratulations to our winning team “KTM” 👏

This weekend we supported the Bath Half Marathon and brought around 29,000 litres of water with us to help keep runners, friends and family hydrated throughout the day👏 It was great to see so many of you there supporting your chosen charities, including our own employees! Here's a reminder to keep to your hydration goals. This is especially important during exercise to keep your body fit and healthy. Congratulations to everyone who participated! 🎉👟 #BathHalf #Marathon

Happy Science Education Day! 👩🔬 Did you know we offer a free education service designed for all ages and covering a range of topics, including the water cycle, water and sewage treatment, environmental studies, climate change and much more! If you’re a teacher, group leader, lecturer or parent – learn more about the support we offer: https://lnkd.in/dEhaP8c On Sunday 16 March our education team will also be at Dorchester Science Fair offering demonstrations and activities – come along and say hi if you’re planning to attend 👋 #ScienceEducationDay #STEM #Education #WaterCycle

Check out this excellent video from Bristol Avon Rivers Trust about the work being done to reconnect rivers to their floodplains, create vital habitats, and restore the balance of nature 💙 We have committed to doing even more to help protect and restore the water environment, and we’re proud to work in partnership with Bristol Avon Rivers Trust and other organisations across our region as part of a catchment-based approach in our Sustainable Solutions for Water and Nature initiative 🤝 By working together, these partnerships aim to share local knowledge, identify local challenges and deliver cost-effective solutions with multiple benefits. In addition to this catchment partnership work, we’re spending millions of pounds every month to upgrade our water recycling centres and sewerage network to improve river health and coastal waters. This includes progressively reducing and eliminating the discharge of untreated sewage from storm overflows.

A £5 million investment to help protect water quality in the River Frome in south Gloucestershire has been completed this spring ✅ The final touches to a trio of projects in Frampton Cotterell that will help to reduce the impact of untreated water being discharged into the 20-mile-long watercourse have been carried out. Three new below-ground tanks have been built in the village, adding nearly a million litres of additional storage to our sewer network. This will improve how we manage stormwater during heavy rain and reduce the risk of untreated water being discharged from storm overflows. Thank you to the local community for your patience during this important work! We are continuing to invest around the region to progressively reduce the discharge of untreated wastewater, with plans to spend £580 million over the next five years to reduce the operation of storm overflows, introduce more nature-based solutions and promote better rainwater management 🌧️ Visit our website for more details: https://lnkd.in/e2njCjeS #RiverFrome #WaterQuality #CommunityInvestment

Today is #WorldPlumbingDay 💧🔧 Around 500,000 homes in the UK have a misconnection, meaning a wastewater pipe is wrongly connected to a surface water sewer. This means dirty water from their home could be draining directly into and polluting a river or stream. Here's Nikki, our Senior Environmental Detection Dog Handler, to explain how we are working to find misconnections using our adorable detection puppies 🐕👏 For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/ejmrpsRi #DetectionDogs CAPE

❗Applications for our 2025 apprenticeship programme close on Monday 17 March❗ We joined our apprentices Hannah and George for a quick Q&A session to find out more about their personalities and interests. Would you answer these questions similarly? If so, an apprenticeship with us may be a great fit for you! 🔗 If you are interested, visit: https://lnkd.in/eBT3WGm4 #Apprenticeships

We have lots to celebrate this INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (MARCH 8) thanks to our new partnership with WUN - Womens Utilities Network 🎉 Through WUN, women across our business will be able to join networking events, mentoring and personal development opportunities. Here Christine explains how this new partnership will benefit our colleagues 💪💙 Happy International Women’s Day! #WUN #EmpowerWomen #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay