Heat network zones are believed to help scale the heat decarbonisation across the UK

The utility aims to install 34,000 auditory devices into its underground pipe network to listen out for leaks

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The water company is extending a trial to find leaks in its pipes

The developers and operators of district heating projects are wasting millions of pounds by skimping on pipe insulation. That’s according to a manufacturer of pre-insulated pipe systems, CPV, which said the standard for pipe insulation – the EN 253 – allows for three different thicknesses of foam. However most developers are going for the cheapest, thinnest foam to cut […]

Every day 3.3 billion litres of water is lost in the UK through leaking pipes. With DEFRA calling an emergency water summit this week, one company say there needs to be a change in the way our water networks are managed. Adam Kingdon CEO of technology specialist i2O Water said: “This drought should be a […]

Work to renovate 100 year-old sewers in Salisbury will start in the New Year. Wessex Water will be relining and replacing sewers in the city which are in a “structurally poor” condition from mid-January. The revamp is taking place after engineers sent CCTV robots in to survey the pipes and found areas of damage.