Ovarro Appoints New UK Sales Director

Rockwell Automation, Inc. will highlight its latest innovations for the water industry at WEFTEC 2025. From Sept. 27–Oct. 1 in Chicago, attendees can visit Rockwell within the Circular Water Economy Pavillion to see how advanced control and digital technologies are transforming the way utilities and treatment plants operate.

Trials of a simple but innovative approach to reducing toilet flushing, involving two UK water companies, show that customers would move to less frequent flushes given the right motivations, says Arthur O’Brien, director, Wizso. A simple odour neutraliser in the form of a pellet dropped into the toilet bowl after urination could save hundreds of thousands of litres of water every year if the results of trials with Affinity Water and Scottish Water are scaled-up.

Water technology provider Ovarro has opened a new Asia Pacific headquarters and production facility in Selangor, Malaysia.

Supply chain membership organisation British Water has appointed Stephen Slessor, chief executive of RSE, as chair, succeeding Dr Mark Fletcher, director and global water business lead at Arup. Slessor brings extensive sector experience, spanning 25 years in engineering, digital construction approaches and strategic leadership.

Following a successful deployment at a major Midlands NHS hospital, a new intelligent wastewater pumping system is helping to eliminate wastewater blockages and reduce maintenance costs in some of the UK’s most demanding infrastructure environments.

Upgraded telemetry technology helped Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water manage an unprecedented volume of alarms during a major weather event, writes Julian Booth, SCADA service delivery manager, Ovarro. On 7-8 December 2024, Storm Darragh brought heavy rain and 93mph winds to much of Wales, leaving 95,000 homes without power and communities severely impacted by flooding, fallen trees, infrastructure damage and major travel disruption.