Water
This programme area includes research into both the demand for water and the supply of water, with the concept of the supply/demand balance driving much of the work. Subject areas include headroom, demand management/water efficiency research. Water quality forms a large component of this research area, including epidemiology and microbiological studies, cryptosporidium, metals and algal toxins. Research also includes asset location, distribution operation and maintenance strategies (DOMS) and pipeline innovation, with leakage projects taking a high priority to help water companies reduce leakage to their economic levels.
Much of this research has been in collaboration with the regulators so that basic methods and frameworks can be agreed and applied.
Programme Lead(S)
Jeremy Heath
LeakageJohn A Haley
Drinking Water Quality & HealthJohn Haley
Drinking Water Quality & HealthPaul Merchant
Water ResourcesRichard Amos
Water Resources
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Drinking Water Quality & Health View sub-categories and filter projects sub-categories 21st Century Agencies Algal Toxins Analytical support At the tap Cryptosporidium, Giardia & other Parasites Distribution Systems Emerging chemicals Metals Microbiological studies Treatment |
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Toxicology View sub-categories and filter projects sub-categories Data Services Disinfection by-products Drinking water - other toxicological studies Endocrine disrupters (waste waters and sludge) |
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Water Mains & Services & Leakage View sub-categories and filter projects sub-categories DOMS Flooding Leakage Maintenance Maintenance continuing serviceability Pipeline innovation Pipeline Technology Sewer Engineering |
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Leakage View sub-categories and filter projects sub-categories |
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Water Resources View sub-categories and filter projects sub-categories Catchment Issues Demand Demand / Supply balance Groundwater Legislation Supply Water Efficiency Water Reuse |
Projects
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Reassessing the Risk and Control of Zebra Mussels in the UK Water Industry Project Status Project Completed |
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Prevalence of viruses and somatic coliphage in UK waters - method development and data gathering (BQ4-D1) Project Status Project Completed |
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A Briefing on Emerging Pathogens and Drinking Water Supplies Project Status Project Completed |
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A Briefing on Microorganisms and Drinking Water Supplies - A Review of the Literature 2005-2006 Project Status Project Completed |
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A Briefing on Microorganisms and Drinking Water Supplies: A Review of the Literature 2003-2004 Project Status Project Completed |
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A Briefing on Microorganisms and Drinking Water Supplies: A Review of the Literature 2004-2005 Project Status Project Completed |
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A Review of Ct in Water Disinfection Project Status Project Completed |
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Association of Eschericia Cocli 0157 Infection With Drinking Water and Assessment of Risks Project Status Project Completed |
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Catchment to Consumer: Water Safety Plans Part 2 Project Status Project Completed |
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Drinking Water Safety Plans - Risk Based Approach Project Status Project Completed |
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Drinking Water Safety Plans - Stakeholder Communications Project Status Project Completed |
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Events Database - A Tool to Aid Drinking Water Safety Plan Assessments Project Status Project Completed |
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GWRC A review of Current Knowledge on Waterborne Pathogens Project Status Project Completed |
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GWRC Waterborne Pathogens - Report of the GWRC Research Strategy Workshop Project Status Project Completed |
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Health Significance of Bacteria in Distribution Systems – Review of Literature for 1995- 1997 Project Status Project Completed |
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Health Significance of bacteria in distribution systems - Review of Mycobacterium SPP Project Status Project Completed |
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Health Significance of Bacteria in Distribution Systems : Review of Aeromonas Project Status Project Completed |
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Health Significance of Bacteria in Distribution Systems : Review of Yersinia Project Status Project Completed |
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Health Significance of Heterotrophic Bacteria Growing in Water Distribution Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Impact of Service pipes on the Bacteriological Quality of Water Supplies Project Status Project Completed |
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Influence of Phosphate on bacterial Growth in Water Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Integrating DOMS & Drinking Water Safety Plans Project Status Project Completed |
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Maintaining Awareness of Animals in Water Distribution Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Practicalities of Determining if there is a Level of Gastrointestinal Illness in the Community related to Potable Water Project Status Project Completed |
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Prevalence Study of Specific Bacterial Infections - Geographical Distribution of Aeromonas and Yersinia in the United Kingdom Project Status Project Completed |
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Real Time On-line Monitoring of Contaminants in Water - Developing a Research Strategy from Utility Experiences and Needs Project Status Project Completed |
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Review of the Microbial Implications of Climate Change for the Water Industry Project Status Project Completed |
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Scoping Study on the Implications of Bacterial Pathogen Associations with Protozoa in Drinking Water Project Status Project Completed |
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Statistical Associations between Coliform occurrences in Water Samples and Fluctuations inChemical, Physical and Biological Factors Project Status Project Completed |
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Sulphite Reducing Clostridia in Drinking Water Supplies Project Status Project Completed |
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The Epidemiology of Cryptosporidiosis in England & Wales 1983 - 1997 Project Status Project Completed |
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The Significance of Fungi in Drinking Water Distribution Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Validating the Cause of Coliforms in Drinking Water Project Status Project Completed |
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BQ04-F01 - Horizon scan – Update of current knowledge of threats and mitigations Project Status Project Commenced In 2016, UKWIR commissioned a thorough review of knowledge across all areas that, at the time, were considered to be potential threats to the UK Water Industry reaching the BQ04 vision of achieving 100% drinking water compliance. A global literature review was complemented by extensive stakeholder engagement to set the scope of the study, to collate relevant knowledge and, most importantly, to tap into the insights of industry subject matter experts to best understand the likely risk posed by any identified gaps in knowledge. This valuable work has served to shape the BQ04 programme since then, helping to structure the research into a logical and deliverable project, with a clear strategic direction. However, the world has changed surprisingly quickly over the last six years: the water industry is now facing calls for action in areas that were not identified as significant risks in the initial work, for example micro plastics, micro fibres, and PFAS/PFOS. Such contaminants, whether scientifically warranted or not, are high on the agenda of not only water quality regulators, but also the environmental lobby, the media and thus the public and politicians. The world has also moved on in terms of the collective knowledge around the risks that were identified at the time, not least thanks to UKWIR’s efforts. It is now the right time to revisit this work, to update our knowledge with the latest research in this area, and to evaluate how the BQ04 programme is helping to address some of the gaps in knowledge identified in the original research. |
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Microsheets Service 2022-23 Project Status Project Commenced |
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Microsheets Service 2023-25 Project Status Project Commenced |
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Advancing the Science of Water: An International Technology Transfer Conference, Warwick1995 Project Status Project Completed |
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Aspects of Modelling Chlorine Decay In Water Distribution Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Benefits of Modelling Water Quality Project Status Project Completed |
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Changes in the Quality of Treated Water During Storage Project Status Project Completed |
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Chlorine and Monochloramine Demand of Materials for Drinking Water Distribution Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Comparison of AOC and BDOC with Surrogates for Determining Nutrients in UK Drinking Water Project Status Project Completed |
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Distributing Drinking Water with Low or Zero Disinfectant Residual Project Status Project Completed |
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Effect of District Meter Areas on Water Quality Project Status Project Completed |
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Events Database - On-line Database of Events Affecting Drinking Water Quality Project Status Project Completed |
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Hydraulic Characterisation of Deposits and Review of Sediment Modelling Project Status Project Completed |
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Impacts of Distribution Systems Practices on Water Quality,Customer Relations and Regulatory Compliance Project Status Project Completed |
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Migration Studies on Cement and Bitumen Coated Pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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Operational and Mainenance Strategies for Maintaining Water Quality in Distribution Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Practical Guidelines for Mains Flushing Project Status Project Completed |
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Predictive Statistical Analysis of Coliform Occurrences Project Status Project Completed |
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Preventing Discolouration Project Status Project Completed |
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Review of the Identification Systems for Heterotrophic Bacteria Isolated from Water Distribution Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Review of Water Quality Issues in Common Carriage Project Status Project Completed |
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Strategic Review on Factors Controlling Microbiological and Chemical Quality of Water inDistribution Systems: Parts i-iv available as a set Project Status Project Completed |
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Sulphite Reducing Clostridia in a Revised Drinking Water Directive Project Status Project Completed |
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To Quantify the Effect of Different Source Waters on Bacterial Growth in Chemostat DistributionSystems Project Status Project Completed |
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Toolboxes for Maintaining and Improving Drinking Water Quality Project Status Project Completed |
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Understanding and Preventing Discoloured Water Project Status Project Completed |
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Approaches for Controlling Plumbsolvency Project Status Project Completed |
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Brass Fittings - A Source of Lead in Drinking Water? Project Status Project Completed |
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Concentration of lead at customers taps': Trends in monitoring data 1990 to 1998 Project Status Project Completed |
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Concentration of Lead at Customer's Taps: Trends in Monitoring Data from 1990 - 1996 Project Status Project Completed |
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Concentration of Lead at Customers’ Taps: A Statistical Approach Project Status Project Completed |
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Investigation into the Emerging Issue of Fluorapatite Formation Project Status Project Completed |
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Maintaining and Improving Water Quality in Domestic Pipework and Fittings – Review ofDevelopments for Meeting Lead Compliance Project Status Project Completed |
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Metals Arising from Domestic Pipework and Fittings Project Status Project Completed |
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A Review of Chemical and Electrochemical Inactivation of Cryptosporidium Project Status Project Completed |
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Application of Statistical Process Control in Water Treatment for Managing Cryptosporidium Risk Project Status Project Completed |
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Cryptosporidium and Water Treatment: Particle and Spore Counting, GAC and ManganeseFiltration and Backwash Settlement Project Status Project Completed |
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Cryptosporidium Removal during Water Treatment Project Status Project Completed |
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Cryptosporidium: Implications for Variable Declining-rate Filtration Project Status Project Completed |
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Establishing the Relationship between Farm Re-stocking and Cryptosporidia: The Caldew Catchment Study Project Status Project Completed |
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International Collaborative Cell Culture and UV Studies Project Status Project Completed |
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Monitoring Tools for the Operational Detection of the Rapid Influence of Surface Recharge on theQuality of Groundwater Project Status Project Completed |
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Particle Counting and Bacterial Spore Analysis for Water Treatment Works Monitoring Project Status Project Completed |
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Removal of Cryptosporidium during Water Treatment Project Status Project Completed |
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Review of the Use of Tracers to Investigate Pathogen Transport and Attenuation in Groundwater Project Status Project Completed |
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Second Edition of a Guidance Manual Supporting the Water Treatment Recommendations from the Group of Experts on Cryptosporidium Project Status Project Completed |
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Statistical Process Control and Other Techniques for Managing Cryptosporidium Risk in Water Treatment Project Status Project Completed |
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Theory and Guidance on Assessing and Managing Cryptosporidium Risk in Groundwaters Project Status Project Completed |
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Transport and Fate of Cryptosporidium and Other Pathogens in Groundwater Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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UV Inactivation of Cryptosporidium Project Status Project Completed |
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WHO and EUREAU Support - Progress 2007-2009 Project Status Project Completed |
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Pesticide Risk Mapping and Catchment Interventions - Phase 2 members Project Status Project Completed |
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Pesticide Risk Mapping and Catchment Interventions - Phase 1 Project Status Project Completed |
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International Guidance for Management of Toxic Cyanobacteria Project Status Project Completed |
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GWRC - Bioanalytical Tools to Analyse Hormonal Activity in Environmental Waters - Review of the State of the Science Project Status Project Completed |
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Toxicity & Health Advisory Service continuation of service 2022-25 Project Status Project Commenced |
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Assessment of the Performance of Wastewater Treatment Works in Removing Oestrogenic Substances Project Status Project Completed |
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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals National Demonstration Programme: Assessment of the Performance of WwTW in Removing Oestrogenic Substances Project Status Project Completed |
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Scoping Study for a National Demonstration Programme on EDC Removal Project Status Project Completed |
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Bromate from the use of Chlorine in Water Treatment Project Status Project Completed |
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Inorganic Disinfection By- Products Project Status Project Completed |
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Modelling the Formation of Disinfection By- products: A Feasibility Study Project Status Project Completed |
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Review of the Mechanisms of Toxicity and Current Legislation of Chlorate and Chlorite Project Status Project Completed |
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The Mechanism of Toxicity of Bromate and Chlorate - An Interim Report Project Status Project Completed |
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Trichloroacetaldehyde in Water Supplies Project Status Project Completed |
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Allergy and Dermatitis Associated with Domestic Water Supplies Project Status Project Completed |
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Bioavailability of Metals from Drinking Water Project Status Project Completed |
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Formation and occurrence of Bromophenols, Iodophenols, Bromoanisoles and Iodoanisoles inDrinking Water : An investigation of Taste and Odour Potential Project Status Project Completed |
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Human Exposure to PAH from Sources other than Drinking Water Project Status Project Completed |
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Mechanisms of carcinogenicity of trichloroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE)metabolites Project Status Project Completed |
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Precursors of Halophenols and Related Substances and Fate in Distribution Project Status Project Completed |
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The Impact of Exposure and Toxicity Data on Drinking Water Standards for Boron Project Status Project Completed |
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Treatment Chemicals as Sources of Contamination of Drinking Water Project Status Project Completed |
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Report A - Literature Review into Deterioration & Failure of Asbestos Cement Water Mains Project Status Project Completed |
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Report B - Report on Deterioration Models for Asbestos Cement Water Mains Project Status Project Completed |
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BQ02-A27 A review of the success of previous mains renewal methods and an overview of new techniques Project Status Project Commenced The UK water industry is aware that mains replacement programmes are not at the volume needed to create a healthy distribution network for future generations. In building Mains Rehab business cases the industry must be able to make good decisions as to the engineering techniques employed. |
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BQ02-A30 Optimising the Selection of Pipes for Renewal to Reduce Leakage Project Status Project Commenced In the 1990’s and 2000’s, mains renewal programmes were principally driven by the need to improve water quality in pipe networks, under the Section 19 undertakings. More recently, mains renewals have been targeted more at improving serviceability, specifically burst frequencies and interruptions to supply. The selection of mains for renewal under these programmes was based first on data on water samples and water quality complaints, and later on data on burst frequencies. As all of these types of data can be allocated to specific pipes, it was relatively simple to target individual pipes for renewal. Now, with the current focus on reducing leakage levels, leakage has become a major driver for mains renewal, if not the principal driver. However, leakage is not normally measured at the level of individual pipes, but only at DMA level. In reality leakage is rarely uniformly distributed across a DMA, but instead some pipes leak more than others within the DMA. In order to optimise the economics of a mains renewal programme driven by leakage reduction, a method is required to determine which pipes are leaking most in order to target the investment to maximise the benefits. Currently, as such a method is not generally available, mains are selected on the basis of historical burst numbers, using burst frequency as a surrogate for leakage. In reality, burst numbers are a poor indicator of leakage levels. |
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BQ02-C33 Use of models to determine the size and most likely location of CSL Project Status Project Commenced Leakage on customer supply pipes and communication pipes is estimated to be a significant proportion of the total leakage. At present leakage is only detectable on communication and supply pipes either if the property is metered, or if there is an acoustic device nearby or if it is picked up on an active leakage control sweep of the DMA. Even is a property is metered, unless AMI or frequent AMR is deployed, then the average leak run time on a supply pipe before discovery is likely to be three months (based on six monthly reads). As a result, although the volume of a leak on a supply pipe or communication pipe may be small, they will typically run for a significant length of time. In recent years, the use of mains models to predict the likely location of a failure have increased. These models typically look at the previous failures within an area, the network model and mains materials and other environmental factors (weather, traffic loading, demand) in order to produce a “most likely” point of failure. This reduces the time spent sweeping the DMA by directing ALC responses to the optimum locations to search for a leak, and additionally can be used to drive mains replacement programmes. At present, these solutions concentrate on mains failures. However, there would be considerable benefit to these solutions being extended to the prediction of supply and communication pipe failures. Validated models that proved successful at predicting failures would not only reduce location and leak run times but additionally allow more targeted replacement polices. |
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BQ03- C08- Identifying the root causes of failures that lead to interruptions Project Status Project Completed
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Understanding water infrastructure risks - major bursts, traffic volumes and the condition of road infrastructure. Project Status Project Commenced A number of companies experienced a rise in the rate of bursts on larger diameter mains in 2022, a number of these occurred at or close to sizeable road junctions. There is a hypothesis that the condition of the road and the volume of traffic at these road junctions and has contributed to failure of these mains. When a vehicle hits a pothole, and a shock is felt within the vehicle, however that shock wave will travel down through the road towards the water mains, but does this increase the risk of failure and how can that risk then be monitored to allow risk mitigation measures to be taken. Over the years we have had a number of major bursts at large road junctions. There are many reasons why we have burst, transients being a common factor, but does significant vibration/shock due to vehicles also result in premature/catastrophic failure or significant risk to major water distribution infrastructure. Should we consider the volume of traffic and the condition of road surfaces as significant risk to major water distribution infrastructure and how would we mange that risk. |
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Evaluation of Long Term Performance the Behaviour of Buried Pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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Evaluation of the Resistance to Collapse of Thin Walled Liners Project Status Project Completed |
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Evaluation of Welding & Jointing of Plastic Pressure Pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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PE Pipes for Contaminated Land Project Status Project Completed |
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Performance of Access Chambers Project Status Project Completed |
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Performance of Electrofusion Joints for PE Pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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Performance of Fast Butt Fusion Jointing Project Status Project Completed |
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Pipeline Innovation - Final Report - 1995/ 96 Project Status Project Completed |
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Plastics Pipeline Systems - Pipeline Innovation Project Status Project Completed |
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Plastics Pipeline Systems Evaluation of Long- term Performance – The Behaviour of Buried Pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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Rehabilitation Strategy Project Status Project Completed |
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The Residual Structural Properties of Cast Iron Pipes – Structural and Design Criteria for Linings for Water Mains Project Status Project Completed |
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Understanding Burst Rate Patterns of Water Pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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Assessing the Structural Condition of PVC Pressure Mains Project Status Project Completed |
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Blistering of Linings Project Status Project Completed |
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Code of Practice for Self-laying Water Mains and Services - Final Report Project Status Project Completed |
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Epoxy Resin - Blistering of Linings Project Status Project Completed |
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Epoxy Resin - Small diameter distribution mains: Cutting, Drilling and Tapping Project Status Project Completed |
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Epoxy Resin Linings - Development of a Water Industry Specification for Epoxy Resin LiningMaterials Project Status Project Completed |
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Epoxy Resin: Cleaning Large Diameter Pipelines for Epoxy Resin Lining Project Status Project Completed |
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Long-Term Performance Prediction of PE pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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Mains Location Equipment A State Of The Art Review and Future Research Needs - Final Report Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing the Risks Presented by Pipeburst, Redundant and Live Asbestos Cement Pipe Water Distribution Mains: Condition Assessment Methodology for Asbestos Cement Pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing the Risks Presented by Pipeburst, Redundant and Live Asbestos Cement Pipe Water Distribution Mains: Estimation of the Costs Associated with Different Rehabilitation Techniques Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing the Risks Presented by Pipeburst, Redundant and Live Asbestos Cement Pipe Water Distribution Mains: Project Summary Report Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing the Risks Presented by Pipeburst, Redundant and Live Asbestos Cement Pipe Water Distribution Mains: Risk Assessment of Asbestos Fibre Release During Rehabilitation of Asbestos Cement Water M Project Status Project Completed |
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Pipe Isolation Techniques : Cost Benefit Assessment of Available Methods Project Status Project Completed |
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Pipe Materials Selection and Specification for use in Contaminated Land Final Project Report (Sold as part of a 6 document set for £250) Project Status Project Completed |
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Risk Assessment for the Replacement of Asbestos Cement Water Distribution Pipes Project Status Project Completed |
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The Effect of Pressure Reduction on Burst Frequency Project Status Project Completed |
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Flexible Pipeline Design Manual Report Project Status Project Completed |
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Pipe Materials Selection and Specification for use in Contaminated Land - Best Practice Manual Booklet 4: Contaminated Land Investigation for Pipe Selection (CLIPS) User Guide Project Status Project Completed |
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A Comparison of Leakage Practice and Leakage Levels in the UK and Netherlands... Project Status Project Completed |
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A Manual of DMA Practice Project Status Project Completed |
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A Review of Leakage - Updating Managing Leakage Methodology and Theory Project Status Project Completed |
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A Review of Leakage - Updating Managing Leakage Methodology and Theory Project Status Project Completed |
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Background Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Best Practice for Unmeasured Per Capita Consumption Monitors Project Status Project Completed |
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Best Practice for the Derivation of Cost Curves in Economic Level of Leakage Analysis Project Status Project Completed |
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Cost Effective Leakage Survey Practice Project Status Project Completed |
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Estimating Legitimate Non- Household Night Use Allowances Project Status Project Completed |
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Factors Affecting the Natural Rate of Rise of Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Household Night Consumption Project Status Project Completed |
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Improved Household Night Use Allowances Project Status Project Completed |
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Large Diameter Trunk Main Failures Project Status Project Completed |
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Leakage Estimation from Night Flow Analysis Project Status Project Completed |
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Leakage from PE Pipe Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Leakage in Trunk Mains and Service Reservoirs Project Status Project Completed |
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Long Term Leakage Goals Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing Leakage 2011 Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing Leakage 2011 - References Included Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing Leakage 2011 - References Included Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing Seasonal Variations in Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Natural Rate of Rise in Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Reports on Annual Water Balance Calculations Project Status Project Completed |
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Service Pipe Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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The Environmental and Social Value of Leakage Reduction Project Status Project Completed |
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The Natural Rate of Rise in Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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The Natural Rate of Rise in Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Towards Best Practice for the Assessment of Supply Pipe Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Towards Best Practice for the Assessment of Supply Pipe Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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A deep dive into leakage using smart meter data Project Status Project Commenced |
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BQ zero leakage Leakage balance and plumbing losses Project Status Project Completed |
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BQ0-A06 Assessing the levels of leakage on new polyethylene networks Project Status Project Commenced If the UK water industry aspires to achieve zero leakage from its distribution networks, it is clearly essential that all newly laid networks are leak-free when they are laid and remain leak-free throughout their economic lives. However, a major UKWIR study published in 2010 (Report No. 10/WM/08/43 – “Leakage from Polyethylene Pipe Systems”) determined that leakage levels from recently laid PE networks were indeed significant. This report concluded that, although burst rates per unit length for PE pipes were lower than for other pipe materials, there was “no significant reduction in leakage in DMAs with a high proportion of PE pipework”. If this is still the case today, then clearly the water companies and their contractors need to take urgent action to rectify the situation. However, the data presented in the 2010 UKWIR report is now all at least 15 years old. Some improvements in field procedures, training of operatives, and non-destructive joint testing have been introduced since then. Furthermore, very little of the data collected for the study were from DMAs which comprised 100% PE mains and services, and the report postulated that the persistently high leakage levels may have been due to increased leakage rates on the remaining non-PE parts of the system. In many of the DMAs used which were not within new housing developments, all, or most of the old mains, and in some cases the communication pipes, had been replaced with PE. But generally, the supply pipes had been disturbed but not replaced, probably resulting in increased supply pipe leakage. Consequently, while much anecdotal evidence remains to suggest that leakage on new networks is still significant, no more recent quantitative evidence has been collected at national level to support this, and even the 2010 report is questionable. |
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Causes of transients in distribution networks Project Status Project Completed |
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Failure of Large Diameter Trunk Mains Risk Model - Phase II Project Status Project Completed |
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The Environmental and Social Value of Leakage Reduction Project Status Project Completed |
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Deterioration Rates of Long-life, Low Probability of Failure Assets: Literature Review Project Status Project Completed |
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Deterioration Rates of Long-life, Low Probability of Failure Assets: Project Report Project Status Project Completed |
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Mapping the underworld: Sensor Technologies - Review and Progress Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption - Knowledge and Data Integration for Utility Assets: Progress from the MTU and VISTA Projects Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption - VISTA Project: - Assessment of Network Real-Time Kinematic GPS Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption - VISTA Project: Gathering User Requirements for Visualising Integrated Information on Buried Assets Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption Stakeholders Forum 21 June 2004 Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption VISTA Project - Full Implementation in Scotland: The Scottish Vault Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: An Overview of the VISTA Project Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: Buried Asset Data Collection and Exchange Field Trials Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: Data Integration and Display - Mapping the Underworld Seminar April 17th 2007 Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: GPR In Sewers Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: Knowledge and Data Integration for Utility Assets - Update on the MTU and VISTA Projects Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: Mapping Technologies for Buried Asset Location - Mapping the Underworld Seminar September 14th 2006 Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: Progress 2002 - 2006 Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: Progress to December 2009 Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: Sensors for Buried Asset Location - Mapping the Underworld Seminar, April 26th 2006 Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: The Real Costs of Street Works to the Utility Industry and Society Project Status Project Completed |
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Minimising Street Works Disruption: VISTA Project - Extended Implementation Trial in Scotland Project Status Project Completed |
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Multi-Utility Buried Pipes and Appurtenances Location Workshop, London, 29-31 May 2002 Project Status Project Completed |
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National Underground Assets Group: A National Approach for Capturing, Recording, Storing and Sharing Underground Asset Information Project Status Project Completed |
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National Underground Assets Group: Capturing, Recording, Storing and Sharing Underground Asset Information - A Review of Current Practice and Future Requirements Project Status Project Completed |
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National Underground Assets Group: Capturing, Recording, Storing and Sharing Underground Asset Information - A Review of Current Practice and Future Requirements Project Status Project Completed |
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National Underground Assets Group: Defining the Technological Capability Necessary for Sharing and Displaying Asset Information - User Requirements Project Status Project Completed |
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Outcomes of the ORFEUS Questionnaire Project Status Project Completed |
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Report on Asset Location and Condition Assessment Project Status Project Completed |
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Smart Sensors for Buried Utility Location and Performance Monitoring Project Status Project Completed |
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The Cost to the UK Water Industry of the Traffic Management Act Project Status Project Completed |
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The Implications of the Traffic Management Act Project Status Project Completed |
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The Implications of the Traffic Management Act: Extended Report Project Status Project Completed |
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Underground Asset Location: Review of Current Technology Project Status Project Completed |
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A Risk Based Approach to Flooding Project Status Project Completed |
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UKWIR/FRMRC IUD Demonstration Projects Project Status Project Completed |
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DOMS - 15 Years on: Industry Workshop 1 Queen Anne's Gate London 8 July 2013 Project Status Project Completed |
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DOMS - What Can We Learn? Research Report Project Status Project Completed |
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Integrated Network Management Roadmap Project Status Project Completed |
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Tool for the DOMS Forward-Looking Approach Project Status Project Completed |
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A Comparison of Leakage Practice and Leakage Levels in the UK and Netherlands... Project Status Project Completed |
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A Manual of DMA Practice Project Status Project Completed |
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A Review of Leakage - Updating Managing Leakage Methodology and Theory Project Status Project Completed |
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A Review of Leakage - Updating Managing Leakage Methodology and Theory Project Status Project Completed |
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Background Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Best Practice for Unmeasured Per Capita Consumption Monitors Project Status Project Completed |
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Best Practice for the Derivation of Cost Curves in Economic Level of Leakage Analysis Project Status Project Completed |
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Cost Effective Leakage Survey Practice Project Status Project Completed |
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Estimating Legitimate Non- Household Night Use Allowances Project Status Project Completed |
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Factors Affecting the Natural Rate of Rise of Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Household Night Consumption Project Status Project Completed |
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Improved Household Night Use Allowances Project Status Project Completed |
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Large Diameter Trunk Main Failures Project Status Project Completed |
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Leakage Estimation from Night Flow Analysis Project Status Project Completed |
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Leakage from PE Pipe Systems Project Status Project Completed |
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Leakage in Trunk Mains and Service Reservoirs Project Status Project Completed |
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Long Term Leakage Goals Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing Leakage 2011 Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing Leakage 2011 - References Included Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing Leakage 2011 - References Included Project Status Project Completed |
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Managing Seasonal Variations in Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Natural Rate of Rise in Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Reports on Annual Water Balance Calculations Project Status Project Completed |
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Service Pipe Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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The Environmental and Social Value of Leakage Reduction Project Status Project Completed |
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The Natural Rate of Rise in Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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The Natural Rate of Rise in Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Towards Best Practice for the Assessment of Supply Pipe Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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Towards Best Practice for the Assessment of Supply Pipe Leakage Project Status Project Completed |
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A deep dive into leakage using smart meter data Project Status Project Commenced |
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BQ zero leakage Leakage balance and plumbing losses Project Status Project Completed |
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BQ0-A06 Assessing the levels of leakage on new polyethylene networks Project Status Project Commenced If the UK water industry aspires to achieve zero leakage from its distribution networks, it is clearly essential that all newly laid networks are leak-free when they are laid and remain leak-free throughout their economic lives. However, a major UKWIR study published in 2010 (Report No. 10/WM/08/43 – “Leakage from Polyethylene Pipe Systems”) determined that leakage levels from recently laid PE networks were indeed significant. This report concluded that, although burst rates per unit length for PE pipes were lower than for other pipe materials, there was “no significant reduction in leakage in DMAs with a high proportion of PE pipework”. If this is still the case today, then clearly the water companies and their contractors need to take urgent action to rectify the situation. However, the data presented in the 2010 UKWIR report is now all at least 15 years old. Some improvements in field procedures, training of operatives, and non-destructive joint testing have been introduced since then. Furthermore, very little of the data collected for the study were from DMAs which comprised 100% PE mains and services, and the report postulated that the persistently high leakage levels may have been due to increased leakage rates on the remaining non-PE parts of the system. In many of the DMAs used which were not within new housing developments, all, or most of the old mains, and in some cases the communication pipes, had been replaced with PE. But generally, the supply pipes had been disturbed but not replaced, probably resulting in increased supply pipe leakage. Consequently, while much anecdotal evidence remains to suggest that leakage on new networks is still significant, no more recent quantitative evidence has been collected at national level to support this, and even the 2010 report is questionable. |
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Causes of transients in distribution networks Project Status Project Completed |
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Failure of Large Diameter Trunk Mains Risk Model - Phase II Project Status Project Completed |
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The Environmental and Social Value of Leakage Reduction Project Status Project Completed |
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National Framework for water resources - Environmental Destination investigation framework Project Status Project Commenced
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A Framework Methodology for Estimating the Impact of Household Metering on Consumption - Further Analysis Project Status Project Completed |
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A Methodology for Targeting and Delivering Environmental Benefits through Water Demand Management Project Status Project Completed |
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A Methodology for the Determination of Outputs of Groundwater Sources Project Status Project Completed |
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An Assessment of the Supply Problems Experienced in 1995 Project Status Project Completed |
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Causes of and Future Trends in Peak Household Water Demands Project Status Project Completed |
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Intelligent Metering Initiative: Methodology for Cost Benefit Analysis of Intelligent Metering Project Status Project Completed |
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Outage Allowances For Water Resource Planning Project Status Project Completed |
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Peak Water Demand Forecasting Methodology Project Status Project Completed |
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Quantifying Benefits of Peak Demand Management Measures Project Status Project Completed |
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The Effect of Leakage, Operational Constraints and Restrictions on Peak Household Water Demand Project Status Project Completed |
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The Effect of Metering on Peak and Average Demand Project Status Project Completed |
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UKWIR/ NRA Demand Forecasting Methodology Main Report Project Status Project Completed |
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UKWIR/EA Definition of Key terms for Water Resources Practitioners Project Status Project Completed |
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UKWIR/EA Forecasting Water Demand Components - Best Practice Manual Project Status Project Completed |
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The Environmental Effects of Demand Management - Project Record Project Status Project Completed |
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UKWIR/EA Evaluating the Impact of Demand Restrictions, Main Report Project Status Project Completed |
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V1 and V2 UKWIR/ Environment Agency - Economics of Demand Management Project Status Project Completed |
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Drought and Demand: Modelling the Impact of Restrictions on Demand During Drought Project Status Project Completed |
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Drought and Demand: Potential for Improving the Management of Future Droughts Project Status Project Completed |
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Drought and Demand: Scoping Study Investigating Drought Effects on Water Quality in Distribution Project Status Project Completed |
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Strategic Environmental Assessment - Guidance for Water Resources Management Plans and Drought Plans Project Status Project Completed |
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The Cost of Environmental Sustainability - A Contribution to the CAMS Process - Final Report Project Status Project Completed |
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The Cost of Environmental Sustainability - A Contribution to the CAMS Process - Technical Report Project Status Project Completed |
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ASR-UK:Elucidating the Hydrogeological Issues Associated with Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the UK Project Status Project Completed |
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Critical Period Groundwater Yield Project Status Project Completed |
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Diffuse Pollutants in Groundwater -- Economic Appraisal Project Status Project Completed |
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Implications of Changing Groundwater Quality for Water Resources and the UK Water Industry- Phase 3: Best Practice Guidelines for Investigating Processes Controlling Groundwater Quality Project Status Project Completed |
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Implications of Changing Groundwater Quality for Water Resources and the UK Water Industry- Phase 3: Financial and Water Resources Impact Project Status Project Completed |
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Implications of Changing Groundwater Quality for Water Resources and the UK Water Industry Phase I Review and Scoping Study Project Status Project Completed |
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A Framework for Valuing the Options for Managing Water Demand Project Status Project Completed |
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Sustainability of Water Efficiency Project Status Project Completed |
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A Review of the UK-ADAPT Project Database Project Status Project Completed |
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Management of Contamination Risks in Water Supply Project Status Project Completed |
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The Voluntary Initiative Pilot Catchment Project Project Status Project Completed |
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UKWIR/EA A Unified Methodology for the Determination of Deployable Output from Water Sources - Volume 2 Project Status Project Completed |
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Water Resources Management in Cooperation with Agriculture: Micro-Macro Economic Analysis Project Status Project Completed |
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Water Resources Management in Cooperation with Agriculture: Modelling Nitrate Concentrations with Variations in Time Project Status Project Completed |
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Water Resources Management in Cooperation with Agriculture: Secondary Measures for the Protection of Groundwater - Summary Report Project Status Project Completed |
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GWRC - Water Footprinting in the Urban Water Sector Project Status Project Completed |
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UKWIR/EA A Unified Methodology for the Determination of Deployable Output from Water Sources - Volume 1 Project Status Project Completed |
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Water Resources Management in Cooperation with Agriculture- Interim Progress Report Project Status Project Completed |
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CAMS - Where Next? Report of an Industry Workshop held at UKWIR on Wednesday 16 June 2004 Project Status Project Completed |
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Framework for Developing Water Reuse Criteria with Reference to Drinking Water Supplies Project Status Project Completed |
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GWRC - Water Reuse 2030: Identifying Future Challenges and Opportunities Project Status Project Completed |
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Report on Water Reuse Association / IWA Conference - Potable Reuse for Water Supply Sustainability Project Status Project Completed |
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Status and Role of Water Reuse - An International View Project Status Project Completed |
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Water Reuse - Report of the GWRC Research Strategy Workshop Project Status Project Completed |
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Water Reuse: A Review of Current Status in the UK Water Industry Project Status Project Completed |
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Code of Practice and Guidance on Water Use Restrictions Project Status Project Completed |
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