Drinking Water News

31. Severn Trent Selects Netmore To Deploy And Manage Advanced Metering Infrastructure Network For One Million Smart Water Meters 9/2/2025

    Netmore Group, the leading network operator for Massive IoT, and Severn Trent, the UK’s second largest water company, today announced that Netmore has been selected to deploy and manage network services for one million smart meters across more than 20 counties.

32. Yorkshire Water Invests £572K To Upgrade Water Mains In Hipperholme 9/2/2025

    Yorkshire Water is due to start a £572,000 project to replace approximately 1,426m of water mains at Hipperholme, Halifax, to improve the resilience and reliability of the network in the area.

33. Flush Trials Show Customers Ready To Change Behaviour 9/2/2025

    Trials of a simple but innovative approach to reducing toilet flushing, involving two UK water companies, show that customers would move to less frequent flushes given the right motivations, says Arthur O'Brien, director, Wizso.

34. Wild Water Swimmers Benefit From Smart Water Quality Data 9/2/2025

    In the face of mounting pressure to improve water quality transparency, especially around designated bathing sites, Meteor Communications is leading a quiet revolution.

35. New Industry Insights Volume Puts Water Security At The Centre Of Africa's Development Agenda 9/1/2025

    Across Africa, water is too often seen only through the lens of crisis - droughts, shortages, contamination, and municipal failures. Yet water is the bedrock of dignity, resilience, and economic growth.

36. Seven Seas Water Group And City Of Alice Celebrate Commissioning Of State's First Public-Private Brackish Water Desalination Plant 9/1/2025

    Seven Seas Water Group (“SSWG”), a multinational provider of Water-as-a-Service (“WaaS”) solutions, in partnership with the City of Alice, proudly commemorated the official launch of Texas’ first public-private brackish water reverse osmosis desalination facility.

37. EPA And US IBWC Announce Major Milestone In Delivering 100% Solution To The Tijuana River Sewage Crisis 8/28/2025

    The U.S. EPA has announced the completion of the 10 million-gallon-per-day (mgd) expansion to the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP) in San Diego. This project was originally estimated to take two years, but was fast-tracked to completion in just 100 days.

38. FAU Tells 'Story' Of Atlantic's Sargassum Surge Using 40 Years Of Data 8/28/2025

    Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have released a landmark review tracing four decades of changes in pelagic sargassum – free-floating brown seaweed that plays a vital role in the Atlantic Ocean ecosystem.

39. German Students Awarded 2025 Stockholm Junior Water Prize For Flood Warning Innovation 8/27/2025

    Niklas Ruf and Jana Spiller from Germany received the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2025 for their work on developing a scalable flood warning system for small streams. H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the winners with their award during a ceremony at Stockholm City Hall as part of World Water Week in Stockholm.

40. UN Report Warns: International Food Trade Diverts The World's Water Resources Towards Wealthier Nations 8/27/2025

    International agricultural trade plays a central role in balancing global food supply and demand. Yet, with every shipment of crops crossing borders, the water used to produce them is virtually transferred as well, reshaping the distribution of water resources worldwide.