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Duncan Thomas of Manchester University review the Innovation Day on Waterstink.

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:16:00 GMT

Following his attendance on the 25^th April 2012 – Duncan Thomas of Manchester University reviews the WRc Innovation Day.

WRc work with four UK water companies to evaluate the “next generation” of large water flowmeters

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:10:00 GMT

WRc has recently started a collaborative project with four UK water companies to evaluate the “next generation” of large

Karma Ockenden of Utility Week writes about the WRc Innovation Day

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:02:00 GMT

Karma Ockenden of Utility Week writes “Innovation is not top of water companies’ to-do lists. Will the situation ever change?”

Will Parsons of Faversham House Group comments on the WRc Innovation Day

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:58:00 GMT

Will Parsons from Faversham House Group writes “Water Industry told 'collaborate to innovate'” following the Innovation Day

WRc offer a 2 day training course on Essentials of Drain Repair Course (13 & 14 June 2012)

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:30:00 GMT

The next two-day Essentials for Managing Drain Repair course will take place on 13 and 14 June at WRc offices in Swindon. The aim is to

WRc Innovation Day 2012 - The coming together of minds ... reaping the benefits of Collaborative Research

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:47:00 GMT

The WRc Open Innovation Day Conference Presentations and Workshop Summaries now available.

WRc release January 2012 Portfolio brochure which includes 17 new projects

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:10:00 GMT

WRc has released its latest Portfolio research proposals. The development and refinement of Portfolio projects is

United Utilities invite WRc to present at their "Food 4 Thought" session

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:35:00 GMT

United Utilities invited WRc to present at one of their Food 4 Thought (F4T) sessions at their main office in Lingley Mere, Warrington in

New Research Carried out on Pesticide Removal in Water Treatment

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:02:00 GMT

Recent work carried out by WRc for UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) on emerging pesticide problems for water supply, identified

Research Changes Government Guidance for Water Treatment and Manufacturing Process

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:49:00 GMT

Defra/the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) commissioned WRc to survey the occurrence of NDMA in final waters from treatment works

New Research on Household Meter Location

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:45:00 GMT

There are three options for the location of revenue meters: within the property, in an external (boundary) box or in a wall mounted box. Each location has

Towards Intelligent Networks

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:41:00 GMT

Most water utilities have made significant strides in deploying IT and other technologies to enable effective and efficient operation of water networks.

Sustainable Sewer Grit Recycling

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:25:00 GMT

As water utilities increase the beneficial recycling of sewer grits, best practice guidance is currently being prepared for the UK water industry as part of a

Non Contact Monitor links Oxford University and WRc

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:04:00 GMT

To help develop the novel non-contact monitor for wastewater organic load, “Loadmon”, the WRc team has recently been joined by Dr Dai Xuewu who will

New European Contract Supporting Water Framework Directive Implementation

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:56:00 GMT

In August 2011, WRc received a €1m contract for the third and final year of this WFD support contract. WRc is leading a consortium of 21

WRc Work with Yorkshire Water to Halve Leakage Levels

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:28:00 GMT

In 2010 WRc was appointed a a consultant partner under Yorkshire Water's (YW's) AMP5 Research & Development Framework. Since then, WRc has

Construction Industry Aims to Reduce Water Consumption

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:03:00 GMT

Over the past 3 years WRc has been working for the Strategic Forum for Construction (SFfC) Water Subgroup as an Expert Secretariat, funded most

Environment Agency Review UPM Standards

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:59:00 GMT

WRc has commenced a study for the Environment Agency to review the Fundamental Intermittent Standards (FIS) for dissolved oxygen and

Supporting Chemical Regulation in Europe

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:28:00 GMT

WRc has recently been appointed to several new frameworks supporting European chemical regulation. These include frameworks for the European

New approach to risk within distribution management systems

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:35:00 GMT

Together with 7 water utilities and with involvement from Ofwat, WRc has recently delivered a new approach to assess the risk of service failure in