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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) has signed a three-year agreement with industrial artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Samotics for the on-going predictive condition monitoring of critical wastewater assets across its estate. This will help the water company intervene much earlier on potential incidents that could lead to pollution and unplanned downtime.

KROHNE presents its TIDALFLUX 2300 electromagnetic flowmeter and OPTIWAVE 1500-series radar level transmitters at WEFTEC 2026. Designed to address critical flow and level measurement challenges across water and wastewater applications, these solutions help operators improve measurement accuracy, simplify installation, reduce maintenance, and optimize long-term performance.

Water scarcity, increasing industrial demand, and stricter wastewater treatment requirements are driving up investment needs in the water sector worldwide. Water reuse, in particular, is gaining importance. In this market environment, the Australian-German water technology company De.mem significantly increased its revenue, earnings, and operating cash flow in the first half of 2026.

European Desalination Society (EDS) has announced its EDS 2027 conference and exhibition, “Water Resilience: Desalination, Recycling & Clean Water Solutions”. With England alone facing a possible public water supply shortfall of up to 5 billion litres per day by 2055, the event brings together industry and academic experts to explore desalination, water recycling and demand management as part of a resilient water-supply future.

Xylem announced a landmark agreement with Dow to design, build and operate advanced water systems at its large-scale industrial complex in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The agreement expands Xylem’s long-standing collaboration with Dow, supporting the increased operations tied to Dow’s Path2Zero project.

Professor Joan Bray Rose has been awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2026 for her work as a key pioneer in the development and global adoption of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), a science-based approach to safeguard the quality of drinking water, as well as water reuse systems.