Yves spent a month with Thames Water’s Innovation team in a rich exchange of knowledge and ideas In April, Yves’ presented his research on the management and durability of wastewater systems within smart cities. The presentation covered the progress of his work in the Lille Demo site and the transformation from passive static to active […]
Dr Paul Rutter, Water Innovation Manager, Thames Water and Dr Joby Boxall, Professor of Water Infrastructure and Engineering, The University of Sheffield represented Smart Water 4 Europe at the WWT Water Industry Technology Innovation Conference last December the 1st, 2015. Smart Water for Europe’s presentation discussed the start of the journey to smart water companies […]
SW4EU present at Amsterdam International Water Week A group of SW4EU partners, from Vitens, Quasset, S::can, Thames Water and Optiqua Technology, delivered the workshop “Overcoming the obstacles for smart water networks” at the Amsterdam International Water Week 2015. Over 1100 delegates took part the Amsterdam International Water Week conference. Organised by IWA, the Amsterdam International […]
Research to tackle ‘grand challenges’ for water sector gets £3.9m boost A new £3.9million research project has been awarded to ensure the UK maintains a clean, sustainable water supply for the future. The project – led by the University of Sheffield – will help the UK water sector tackle key challenges, including population growth, ageing […]
A month scientific visit From France to the United Kingdom Elias Farah, PhD student in Civil Engineering on the subject “Use of the Smart Water System for the detection and localization of water leakage – Application to SunRise demonstrator” at University Lille I – Sciences and Technologies – Laboratory of Civil Engineering and geo-Environment, spent […]
Syrinix hosts delegation from Hong Kong Hethel based engineering company Syrinix recently hosted a delegation from the Hong Kong Water Supplies Department. In conjunction with Professor Dragan Savic of the University of Exeter, Syrinix was delighted to visit a site where TrunkMinder has been deployed in Reading that is part of the Smartwater4Europe project… To […]
Dr. Steve Mounce, from University of Sheffield, presented his paper “Cloud based machine learning approaches for leakage assessment and management in smart water networks” at the Computer and Control for the Water Industry 2015 on Wednesday September the 2nd The 13th Computer Control for Water Industry (CCWI2015) conference was organised by De Montfort University in […]
This future has a TWIST in the tale! Matt Hawkins explains how big data and neuroscience will revolutionise the water industry Technology is advancing faster than ever and our lives are quickly becoming entwined with our devices. Take smartphones for example, we all have one. Whilst sat on our desks they are soaking up data […]
Two delegations from Bogota’s Water Company (Acueducto de Bogota) visited Reading in August, enjoying a fact – finding visit and a workshop where the challenges for managing clean water networks in both companies were discussed. Professionals from the network operations and clean water process toured the site and learned how the UK demo site approach […]
Thames Water uses new technology to keep an eye on 82-year-old Reading water main The company is using the market-leading Syrinix Trunkminder technology to keep a close eye on the 20-inch cast iron pipe, which would cause major flooding and knock out supplies for thousands of people if it cracks. Thames Water is installing new […]
