Day 1
12.30pm Registration and networking with lunch
2.00pm
Welcome
Bob Taylor, Chief Executive, Portsmouth Water
THE WATER UK LEAKAGE ROUTEMAP
2.20pm
An interactive session with updates on the Routemap’s five workstreams:
1. PREVENT: Calm and optimised networks
Glen Mountfort, Director of Technical Consulting, WRc
2. AWARENESS: Quantification of background leakage and customer supply-side leakage
Dene Marshallsay, Director, Artesia
3. LOCATE: Active Leakage Control (ALC) and network management
Dr Joe Sanders, Senior Technical Director, RPS
4. MEND: Asset maintenance and renewal
Jo Parker, Director, Watershed Associates and
Dr Joe Sanders, Senior Technical Director
5. Decision framework and scenarios, and costs of adaptive pathways
Glen Mountfort, Director of Technical Consulting, WRc
Q&A and discussion
Led by David Jacobs, Leakage Strategy Manager, Anglian Water
3.20pm
The Regulator's perspective
Ian Pemberton, Principal Engineer, Water Engineering Science and Technology, Ofwat
3.40pm Networking refreshment break
4.10pm
Resilience, at what cost? Managing water infrastructure assets as we aim for zero supply interruptions
An interactive session led by Dr Sam Fox, Head of Integrated Network Strategy, United Utilities and John Birkhead, Water Network Strategy and Planning Manager, United Utilities
Ofwat Innovation Fund leakage projects:
4.55pm
Universal access point for water – UAP4W
Jeremy Heath, Innovation Manager, SES Water
5.15pm
Active pulse leak detection
Next generation leak detection: Active Sonar
Michael Purvis, Managing Director, Seal Water Technology and William Smith, Technical Director, Seal Water Technology
5.35pm
Managing background leakage
Stuart Trow, Consultant, HWM/Invenio Systems
5.55pm
Closing remarks
Bob Taylor, Chief Executive, Portsmouth Water
6.00pm Networking in the Leakage Lounge
7.30pm Conference Dinner, with a presentation from Pete Felton, The National Robotarium.
Followed by networking.
Day 2
MORNING
8.30am Registration and networking
9.15am
Welcome
Peter Simpson, Chief Executive, Anglian Water
RESEARCH & INNOVATION FORUM
9.30am
UKWIR: Overview of research projects and Leakage Innovation Heatmap update
Jez Heath, Innovation Manager, SES Water
9.55am
Leakage research projects – industry and academia working together
Introduced and chaired by Jez Heath, Innovation Manager, SES Water
10.00am
Updates: Acoustic research PhDs
Dr Jen Muggleton, Principal Research Fellow, University of Southampton
10.10am
Understanding cast iron pipes:
– Do grey cast iron pipes leak before they burst?
Edward John, PhD student, University of Sheffield
– Understanding the degrading impact of pressure transients on cast iron pipe?
Thomas Langshaw, PhD student, University of Sheffield
10.35am
Transients: A force for good?
Dr Richard Collins, Senior Lecturer – Water Engineering, University of Sheffield
AFTERNOON
1.00pm Lunch
2.30pm
Welcome back
Peter Simpson, Chief Executive, Anglian Water
BUILDING UNDERSTANDING FOR RESILIENCE
2.35pm
How climate change will impact our networks: Modelling the relationships between soil, weather and bursts
Tim Farewell, Director, MapleSky and Richard Fielding, Smart Water Technical Lead, Anglian Water
3.00pm
Smart resilience (an SES case study)
Tanya Dady, Director and Co-founder, Dayworth Consulting and Daniel Woodworth, Director and Co-founder, Dayworth Consulting
3.25pm
The potential of AI for supporting resilience and leakage management – update on learnings from the Safe Smart Systems Project
Matthew Hughes, Smart Systems Strategy Manager, Anglian Water and Jenny Wright, Strategy & Transformation Consultant, Jacobs
3.55pm
Closing remarks
Peter Simpson, Chief Executive, Anglian Water
4.00pm Conference close
11.00am Networking refreshment break
OPERATIONAL & TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS FORUM
11.35am
PREVENT: Assessing leakage on PE networks
Paul Ives, Senior Consultant – Leakage and Water Resources, WRc
11.55am
AWARENESS: Monitoring, metering and Monte Carlo Analysis: Understanding trunk main imbalances
Mikal Willmott, Leakage Assurance Analyst, Severn Trent Water
12.15pm
AWARENESS: Lifting the lid on leakage – modelling consumption and night use from smart meter data
Axel Rendahl, Water Balance Process and Leakage Reporting Lead, Thames Water
12.35pm
AWARENESS: Revisiting fundamental leakage basics to gain more insight into DMA current and future performance
Mark Shepherd, Product Manager Integrated Water Solutions, GWF