'Real Time On-line monitoring of Contaminants in Water' is a collaborative project between UKWIR, Awwa Research Foundation (AwwaRF) and Kiwa Water Research. The report …

The report sets out a framework for undertaking cost benefit analysis of odour abatement measures at waste water treatment works. It describes different research approaches for valuing the user benefits of odour abatement, based on research at six case studies sites in England …

The project investigated how best to identify where, when and how wastewate treatment should be improved; and, how future performance should be monitored. A SIMCAT model …

This project considered the integration of water company Distribution Operation and Maintenance Strategies (DOMS), Drinking Water Safety Plans (DWSPs) and analysis within the context of the Capital Maintenance Planning Common Framework (CMPCF …

Distribution leakage has long been a focus for the UK water industry but as this element has been successfully reduced over recent years, other elements such …

This report provides a first climate-related snapshot looking across the UK water industry and out to 2100. It identifies where significant uncertainties in the climate science …

This latest report in the research programme on Dangerous Substances and Priority Hazardous Substances/Priority Substances under the Water Framework Directive has developed the understanding of the sources, quantities, removal and risk posed to the Water Industry by these substances …

The project has developed a methodology to enable Global Water research coalition (GWRC) members to apply risk management techniques to the management of assets for …

The study has examined the risks, options and costs to the UK water industry associated with sewage sludge non-compliance against organic chemical limits proposed for inclusion  …

Previous studies to forecast discolouration potential of water networks have applied traditional statistical techniques such as regression analysis, and detailed process modelling. Such models have generally been hindered by insufficient data or quantification of the underlying ...

This report sets out the validated User Requirements for Sharing and Displaying Asset Information through a web-based service as part of the proposed ...

This report outlines the findings from a collaborative study into 'Cell culture sensitivity and assessment of ultraviolet light inactivation of cryptosporidium under ...

The third phase of the Water Industry Database of Equipment Reliability (WIDER) project comprised a three year implementation and delivery stage, building ...

This report outlines the findings from a collaborative study into 'Cell culture sensitivity and assessment of ultraviolet light inactivation of cryptosporidium under realistic water ...

A carbon accounting methodology and spreadsheet tool has been developed to assist individual water companies to estimate, and report on, their operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. ...

Implementation of the Water Framework Directive is likely to necessitate tighter effluent consent standards and more extensive wastewater treatment. The ...

The aim of the interviews with the stakeholders was to provide a consensus for communicataion on approaches to risk assessment between the industry, regulators and customer support groups.

This project has assessed the progress made with DWSPs by the UK water companies, the approaches taken to risk assessment and any strengths, weaknesses or issues with the DWSP process. An evaluation of how DWSPs integrate with and support the 2009 Periodic ...

This project has provided an update of the original Pollution Inventory estimator tool and offers a cost effective method for the estimation of emissions of Pollution Inventory substance ...

Fluorapatite is a crystalline compound of calcium phosphate incorporating fluoride ions in its structure. Crystals are hard and highly insoluble within the normal ...

This project is one of a suite of UKWIR projects carried out to provide guidance for the UK water industry on carbon accounting.  The purpose of the project report is to provide clear guidelines for UK water companies to estimate the carbon embodied in construction and to ...

UKWIR commissioned a three part project, investigating flow regimes in sewerage networks and at sewage treatment works ...

This report provides background on the costs, benefits and impact assessment of intelligent metering in the UK water industry. Previous research and regulatory ...

The Water Industry identified an urgent need to quantify the water quality benefits of Programme of Measures (PoMs) applied to Water Industry discharges at 'end of pipe' and other, more diffuse, sources of pollution. This project was established to identify both the most cost effective ...

Mapping The Underworld is an EPSRC funded programme consisting of 4 projects and a dissemination network, which was originally initiated by UKWIR under the 'Minimising  ...

Contributions have been made to the rolling revision programme of the WHO Guidelines in terms of coordination, preparing background documents, preparing information ...

Operating costs are one of the potentailly significant cost categories that need to be taken into consideration when estimating the whole life cost (WLC)

This project was commissioned as part of an industry-wide comprehensive research programme, to undertake a large quantitative study using

Ofwat carries out relative efficiency analysis as part of its price control reviews. To date, Ofwat's analysis has focused on cross-sectional methods. A previous ...

UK sewerage systems have changed little in the last 100 years in terms of their principles, materials and methods of installation and maintenance.

Water companies are required to measure, and report to the Environment Agency, the volumes of effluent discharged from wastewater treatment works. This data is ...

This interim report summarises the results to date from a long-term study evaluating the effects of sewage sludge applications to agricultural soils on soil quality ...

This work was conducted as part of the 'Water Cycle for New Developments' (WaND) project, funded under the EPSRC 'Sustainable Urban Environment' Programme by the UK government ...

Mapping The Underworld is an EPSRC funded programme consisting of 4 projects and a dissemination network, which was originally initiated by UKWIR

Mapping The Underworld is an EPSRC funded programme consisting of 4 projects and a dissemination network, which was originally initiated by UKWIR under the 'Minimising Street Works Disruption' programme

Potential changes to the UK Drinking Water Quality Regulations could make Cryptosporidium inactivation using UV the most cost-effective treatment option in many situations. UV disinfection is well established in …

There is an increasing expectation that the district metered area (DMA) will provide a reliable measure of leakage for operational purposes. However, issues with DMAs are becoming increasingly apparent as DMA sizes decrease, leakage reduces and analysis is attempted over shorter time intervals.

Investigation of 13 UK water suppliers found three companies with a zone or zones that were resistant to phosphate use for plumbosolvency control ...

Investigation of 13 UK water suppliers found three companies with a zone or zones that were resistant to phosphate use for plumbosolvency control …

Water companies have long recognised that a more integrated approach to the management of distribution system functions could ...

The objective of this study was to identify improvements or clarifications that could be made to existing regulations and legislation to improve the management of future droughts

This report provides a synthesis of the research outputs of the UKWIR and Environment Agency research ...

Mapping The Underworld is an EPSRC funded programme consisting of 4 projects and a dissemination network, which was originally initiated by UKWIR under the 'Minimising Street Works Disruption' programme

This report presents an outline wastewater supply-demand planning framework ... 

The European Commission has recognised the potential for plant location technology to safeguard the environment ...

Theme specific road maps provide a new shared vision: a framework that can give direction to the supply chain and the research

The sunlight-induced inactivation of bacterial indicator organisms, F-specific bacteriophage and poliovirus 2 was investigated in a series ...

This report sets out a new common approach to capturing, recording, storing and sharing underground asset information ...

Laboratory studies and field assesssments using representative bisolid types from three regions in England were undertaken ...

Sewer grit and sewage screenings are generated in the preliminary stages of wastewater treatment, and most of this waste is currently landfilled. Increases in landfill ...

This review has briefly assessed the health risks associated with the relationship between bacterial pathogens and protozoa in water supplies. It appears that the ...

This report presents guidance on the application of cost benefit analysis to the alleviation of sewer flooding risks.  The guidance is intended to be consistent  ...

This review has briefly assessed the health risks associated with the relationship between bacterial pathogens and protozoa in water supplies. It appears that the protozoan host may protect these bacteria from disinfection during water treatment. The number of reported ...

This project has improved the understanding of the range of seasonal variations in leakage around the UK and identified some of the underlying factors and the mechanisms.

Since water industry privatisation in 1989, dramatic variations in capital expenditure have had a profound effect on the industry's suppliers who are often faced with a 'feast or famine' situation and little long-term visibility ...

This report presents guidance on the application of cost benefit analysis to the alleviation of sewer flooding risks.  The guidance ...

Sewer grit and sewage screenings are generated in the preliminary stages of wastewater treatment, and most of this waste is currently landfilled. Increases in landfill disposal charges, the imposition of the landfill tax and the reduction in void space have made ...

This report presents an outline wastewater supply-demand planning framework.  A standard approach to ...

Could Ofwat conduct price control reviews without relying on econometric modelling and imposing the data collection burden that this entails?  Could Ofwat find more robust and transparent ways of analysing and combining evidence about companies' future expenditure requirements?

Topics covered in the report include:

• How Ofwat could develop its current approach.
• Radical alternatives to the current approach.
• The use of panel data analysis and other econometric techniques.
• The role of top-down productivity studies.
• The reconciliation of evidence from different sources and techniques.

This report is part of a major study on the impact of climate change on sewerage hydraulic design The project was wide ranging, but with a principle focus on the performance of sewerage systems under future (year 2080) rainfall conditions and what changes might be needed in the hydraulic design of sewerage systems to address any problems ...

This project developed deterioration models for above-ground assets which will allow companies to input their own data and draw their own conclusions. A suite of life distribution and ...

The work reported here is an extension to the UKWIR WW/17 project and has been co-funded by UKWIR, OFWAT, the Environment Agency and Defra. The report provides an overview ...

An approach to formulating interventions and seeking funding to address aesthetic aspects of drinking water quality is considered. These aspects include discolouration and particles ...

This project examined the likely effects of climate change on UK water industry compliance with the Water Framework Directive (WFD), set in the context of other expected changes, such as demographic ...

Six “pilot” catchments in England and Scotland were chosen where pesticides were a problem for water abstracters. Five of the catchments were surface waters, two of which included reservoirs and one was a groundwater ...

This project involved 1) exploratory analysis of existing water company data sets on household consumption and 2) developed a series of five workshops entitled: Traces of Water.  The report first, presents ...