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THE WATER REPORT

The Water Report, January 2025 (183KB PDF)

Q&A from Ian Pemberton, Ofwat

Q&A from Ian Pemberton Ofwat (240KB PDF)

25th Leakage Conference videos

25th Leakage Conference presentations

DAY 1

 

THE WATER UK LEAKAGE ROUTEMAP

Progress update

David Jacobs, Leakage Strategy Manager, Anglian Water (794KB PDF)

Decision-making framework

Glen Mountfort, Director of Technical Consulting, WRc​ and Dr Joe Sanders, Senior Technical Director, Tetra Tech RPS (1.4MB PDF)

 

REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE 

 

Looking ahead to PR24 and AMP8

Ian Pemberton, Principal Engineer – Asset Management and Operational Resilience, Ofwat (386KB PDF)

 

OFWAT INNOVATION FUND LEAKAGE PROJECTS

 

National Leakage Research & Test Centre

Daniel Wilson, Project Manager, Northumbrian Water and Andrew Ball, Technical Director, HR Wallingford (748KB PDF)

Managing background leakage

Stuart Trow, Consultant, HWM Invenio (1.7MB PDF)

Designer liners

Dr Katrina Flavell, Technical Specialist, Clean Water Networks, Yorkshire Water and Dr Joe Sanders, Senior Technical Director, Tetra Tech RPS (1.4MB PDF)

UAP4W – The Universal Access Point for Water

Dr Leo Carswell, Head of Technology, WRc (1.3MB PDF)

RESEARCH & INNOVATION

UKWIR update and UKWIR innovation heat map

Jeremy Heath, Innovation Manager, SES Water (464KB PDF)

University research projects

Understanding the impact of hydrants on transient-based leak detection methods – Charlie Whitelegg, PhD student, University of Sheffield (1.6MB PDF)

Microstructural impact on fatigue crack growth and pitting corrosion in cast iron pipe materials – Luke Ronayne, PhD student, University of Southampton (3.4MB PDF)

The influence of ground damage on buried water mains failure – Elisabeth Bowman, Reader in Geomechanics, University of Sheffield (2.3MB PDF)

CONFERENCE DINNER

Accelerating and ensuring smart meter rollout and eliminating operational and financial risks

Tanya Dady, Smart Solutions Design Partner, Horizon Water Infrastructure and Richard Channell, Programme Director, Horizon Water Infrastructure (1.8MB PDF)

DAY 2

 

REPAIR & MEND FORUM

No-dig leak repairs – from concept to reality 

Tim Evans, Lead Water Network Scientist – Research, Development and Innovation, Thames Water (2.3MB PDF)

In-situ lining at Yorkshire Water

Alex Spivey, Project Manager, Yorkshire Water and Chair of Expert In-Situ Lining Group (EILG) (745KB PDF)

Managing real-time repairs with AI

Karen Atkinson, Manager of Leakage Reduction, Yorkshire Water, Stephen Jenkins, Senior Operations Manager, Morrison Water Services, and Joe Mitchell, Account Director, FYLD (1.6MB PDF)

A review of the current status and future potential of the UKWIR National Failure Database

Tim Farewell, Director, MapleSky (6.6MB PDF)

Collaborative work on repair solutions

Jeremy Heath, Innovation Manager, SES Water (297KB PDF)

OPERATIONAL & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FORUM

Pressure management: Building knowledge and networks

Andrew Chatterley, Business Development Manager, Technolog, Ronnie Mills, Business Implementation Manager – Smart Assets & Pressure Management, Yorkshire Water and Luke Thornton, Director, Technolog (1.6MB PDF)

 

The Paradigm Club Project: A new approach to innovation through collaboration

Courtney Connor, Leakage Technical Manager, United Utilities and Stewart Mawditt, Managing Director, SME Water (4.4MB PDF)

Spring Accelerator 5: Leakage and bursts

Natalie Lamb, Innovation Delivery Manager, Spring (1.2MB PDF)

UPSTREAM LEAKAGE FORUM

From detection to prevention: Proactive management of trunk mains leakage

Sandeep Bhatt, Condition Assessment Engineer, Xylem and Ian Dunsmore, Technical Team Manager – Strategic Water Infrastructure, Scottish Water (2.7MB PDF)

Upstream leakage: Panel discussion

Ken Cartwright, Senior Associate Engineer, AtkinsRéalis (1.2MB PDF)

Michael Hurley, Technical Director, Tetra Tech RPS  (1.6MB PDF)

Justine Leadbetter, Head of Demand Management, WRcr (560KB PDF)

Dilraj Dhillon, Director, Crowder Consulting (3.4MB PDF)

Leakage Conference attendees
Conference, exhibition and networking for the Leakage community

 

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Call 07771 931139

Email judithp@lodestaruk.com

More than 220 delegates from these organisations will be joining the 26th Annual Leakage Conference:

Advizzo | Affinity Water | Aganova | Agua-Tek | Anglian Water | Aqualogic | Aquam | Arqiva | Artesia | Ashridge Engineering | AtkinsRealis |
Atmos International | AVK | Bermad | Binnies | Bristol Water | Cla-Val UK | Cross8 | Crowder Consulting | Dayworth Consulting | Dwr Cymru |
Edge Hill University | EEDN | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Essex & Suffolk Water |
FiberSense | FIDO Tech | Focus Sensors | FYLD | Global Water Intelligence | Gutermann | Highlow Water | Hubbell Aclara | HULO | HWM Global | Hydraulic Analysis | Hydrosave International Water Specialists | LeakSolve AI | M Group Water (Network Infrastructure) | Manx Utilities | Northern Ireland Water | Northumbrian Water | Ofwat | Openreach | Optimatics | Origin Tech | Ovarro | PN Daly | Portsmouth Water | Rotork | RW | Scottish Water | SES Water | Severn Trent Water | SmartValve | SME Water | South East Water | South Staffordshire Water | South West Water | Southern Water | Stantec | SUEZ | Synthotech | Technolog | Tetratech RPS | Thames Water | United Utilities | University of Sheffield | Water UK | Watergate |  Watershed Associates | Wessex Water | Williams Tucker | WLLS | WRc | Yorkshire Water

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