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The WRc and Water UK Fine to Flush scheme celebrates an important milestone for the water industry

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:41:00 GMT

It’s official: you may find one item in your bathroom or baby-changing bag that’s making history. Back in 2018, no wet wipes on the UK market were safe to be disposed of via the toilet. You may read more

Transferring Minimal Excavation Technology to the Water Industry

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:20:00 GMT

Applying technologies for safe and efficient pipeline excavations to ensure a leak-free future WRc is delighted to announce the finalisation of an important project commissioned by United Kingdom read more

WRc continues to innovate with RSK Group

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:29:00 GMT

Almost 18 months ago we - Water Research Centre Ltd (WRc) - announced our acquisition by RSK Group and we have enjoyed getting to know the wider group, exploring opportunities and co-creating new read more

New Laboratory Service and Support for Technology Development

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:13:00 GMT

April 2022 will see WRc launching a DWI designed laboratory service for the testing of leachates that require Regulation approval from the Drinking Water Inspectorate as part of our services to read more

How WRc’s waste doctors have helped their clients in the year since lock-down began...

Fri, 14 May 2021 10:54:00 GMT

It’s a year since the first lock-down started. Since then our labs have stayed open throughout, adopting split shifts and additional safe working practices so we can continue to support our read more

Welcome to the WRc Newsletter Summer 2020

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:56:00 GMT

Welcome to our Summer 2020 newsletter! Last week we announced the exciting news that RSK Group Ltd have completed the acquisition of WRc and Cognica - we are very much looking forward to the read more

WRc delighted to join the RSK Group

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 11:08:00 GMT

Important letter for clients: Click here Water Research Centre Ltd (WRc), an independent centre of read more

WRc's share details of a new collaborative innovation project that will help the water sector on its journey to 'Net Zero'

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 13:07:00 GMT

WRc's Water and Environment Team are delighted to share details of a new collaborative innovation project that will help the water sector on its journey to 'Net Zero'. Find out more. read more

WRc Response to Ofwat Consultation on Innovation Funding and Competition

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:52:00 GMT

Please download WRc's response to find out more. read more

WRc Newsletter April 2020

Wed, 06 May 2020 17:11:00 GMT

WRc Newsletter April 2020 Welcome to the latest WRc newsletter, packed full of topics that I hope will both stimulate some conversations and provide insights. Just as we, and read more

WRc 2019 Review of the year

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:07:00 GMT

The highlights from WRc in 2019 2019 has been a fantastic year across the business with new innovations and developments launching for every WRc team. From the development of a new read more

WRc Staff Awards 2019

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:40:00 GMT

On Wednesday 17th December, WRc held its last monthly staff briefing for the year, so this time focused on celebrating successes from across the business throughout 2019. WRc is dedicated to read more

WRc Infrastructure - Rising Main Survey for Yorkshire Water

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 15:16:00 GMT

WRc Infrastructure has just completed a 950m long survey of a PVC rising main for Yorkshire Water. The survey was able to identify all the previous repairs on the rising main and check for signs of read more

WRc Approved Products - October 2019 e-news

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:54:00 GMT

WRc Approved : Increasing confidence in purchasing read more

CIWM South West seminar 8th November 2019. WRc, Swindon

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:44:00 GMT

WRc is delighted to be sponsoring the upcoming CIWM South West seminar on Friday 8th November, to focus on 'Exploring the innovation revolution in resource management' and for the event to be held at read more

WRc Infrastructure - Locating a 24" Asbestos Cement Rising Main

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:22:00 GMT

Before building a new sign gantry for the M4 smart motorway the location of a rising main that passed very close to the intended location needed to be found. The rising main is 24” in diameter and if read more

WRc to support the Utility Regulator of Northern Ireland with the provision of professional services

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:58:00 GMT

WRc is providing support to the Utility Regulator of Northern Ireland (URegNI) with the provision of onsite professional services relating to the PC21 Price Control and Annual Monitoring process. The read more

WRc to start onsite trials of BioCube

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:51:00 GMT

Across the UK there is a need to improve or upgrade wastewater treatment works (WwTW) to: reduce the risk of compliance failure increase treatment capacity reduce read more

WRc Newsletter - Autumn 2019 Resource Efficiency

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:00:00 GMT

Waste and Resources - Autumn 2019 Our team has been busy doing clever stuff with ash, WEEE plastics, a read more

WRc Newsletter August 2019

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:37:00 GMT

BREAKING NEWS WRc appointed by the Environment Agency to review methods for calculating ‘Fair read more

Microplastics - NCET

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:34:00 GMT

WRc Sponsers Flood Expo 2019

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:06:00 GMT

Taking place on the 11th & 12th of September at the Birmingham NEC, The Flood Expo, sponsored by Aquaclear Water Management and supported by The Environmental Agency, is the world’s largest read more

WRc Newsletter July 2019

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:07:00 GMT

Fine to Flush is brought to the read more

Wet Networks London - 17 July 2019

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:30:00 GMT

Arup and WRc are joint conveners of Wet Networks The events are supported by British Water, Future Water Association and The UK Water Partnership, and are held in London, Dublin, New York, read more

WRc Newsletter June 2019 - WRc Academy Launched

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:10:00 GMT

BREAKING NEWS WRc Academy Launched At Utility Week read more

WRc Newsletter May 2019

Wed, 22 May 2019 08:09:00 GMT

WRc and C-me working with Sharjah Electricity and Water read more

WRc Newsletter April 2019

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:05:00 GMT

WRc hosts the SW Institute of Water Innovation Dragons Den read more

Wet Networks 2019

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:38:00 GMT

WRc sign contract with SEWA to develop long term water strategy for Sharjah, UAE

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:47:00 GMT

WRc are delighted to commence this highly collaborative project with SEWA, moving forward from our MoU signing in December 2018 to develop the long term water quality strategy for Sharjah, UAE. WRc read more

BREAKING NEWS - First Fine to Flush certification awarded

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:52:00 GMT

WRc's CEO Mark Smith and Andy Drinkwater were delighted to present the very first Fine to Flush certification to Susie Hewson of Natracare for their new Safe to Flush moist tissue at the WRc offices read more

WRc 2019 New Year News

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:59:00 GMT

WRc Innovation Day with Anglian Water and the Institute of read more

WRc Innovation Day on the road - Anglian Water and Institute of Water Eastern Showcase

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:07:00 GMT

On Thursday 31st January WRc took its popular Innovation Day on the road to Peterborough to support Anglian Water and the Institute of Water Eastern Area Showcase. The event was a huge success with read more

WRc hosts the January 2019 Disinfection Forum

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:50:00 GMT

Last week, on the 23rd of January, WRc hosted a meeting of one of its water industry technical knowledge forums – Disinfection Forum. This Forum, running since 2010, provides water companies with a read more

BREAKING NEWS: WRc to provide certification services for 'Fine to Flush'

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:19:00 GMT

The Fine to Flush Certification Scheme is designed to assess if products can be flushed without any detriment to the operation of the sewer system. This has become necessary because over the read more

Latest WRc Approved Certifications - December 2018 Newsletter

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:46:00 GMT

Merry Christmas from WRc

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:38:00 GMT

WRc to run UKs largest independent trial of on-line wastewater phosphorus monitors

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:23:00 GMT

In response to the introduction of stricter wastewater phosphorus consents, the UK water industry has a large number of phosphorous schemes planned for AMP7. Selection of the most read more

WRc Newsletter November 2018 - Asset Management

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:48:00 GMT

WRc win contract with Portsmouth Water to inform design of storage reservoir WRc has been awarded an early start project to help read more

WRc announce contract win for QA Services with Southern Water

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:58:00 GMT

Thanet Sewers CIPP Liner QA Services WRc is pleased to be part of the team delivering Southern Waters largest capital project this AMP. Southern Water is undertaking a major upgrade of the read more

WRc win contract with Portsmouth Water to inform design of storage reservoir

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:24:00 GMT

WRc has been awarded an early start project to help inform the design of the £103million Havant Thicket Winter Storage Reservoir Project for Portsmouth Water. This involves the construction of a new read more

WRc Newsletter October 2018 - Treatment Processes

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:16:00 GMT

WRc win contract to establish an effective disinfection read more

WRc supports Skanska commissioning of potable water treatment plant in North Wales

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:05:00 GMT

WRc is assisting Skanska commission the upgrades to Welsh Water’s Bryn Cowlyd water treatment works in the Conwy valley. The £31m investment to install a Dissolved Air Floatation plant (DAF) and new read more

WRc wins contract to establish an effective disinfection policy

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:35:00 GMT

A UK Water Company has expressed its intention to apply best practice and demonstrate increased due diligence to the regulator and their customers. As a result WRc were approached to apply this read more

WRc delivers microbiological and technical training

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:18:00 GMT

A UK Water Company had a stated need to improve the quality of the microbiological and technical training provided to their staff. It was found that current training materials tend to focus on read more

WRc announce contract win mitigating problems with algal blooms

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:50:00 GMT

WRc are delighted to announce a contract award to assist a UK Water Company to mitigate treatment problems associated with algal blooms . The information provided to our client will comprise of a read more

WRc at the European Reference Network

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:04:00 GMT

This week Robert Pitchers attended the 22nd Meeting of the European Reference Network on Critical Infrastructure Protection Thematic Group on Chemical and Biological Risks in the Water Sector. The read more

October 2018 Newsletter - Catchment Management

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 15:25:00 GMT

BREAKING NEWS WRc solutions for achieving phosphorus compliance released Installing and read more

WRc announces contract win investigating BFRs with ICER

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:00:00 GMT

WRc is pleased to be working for ICER (funded by the WEEE fund) to investigate the levels of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). read more

WRc wins contract with automotive manufacturer to develop integrated water strategy

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:35:00 GMT

WRc are delighted to announce that they are now working with an international automotive manufacturer in the UK to develop a blueprint for a new integrated water strategy. The project covers a read more

WRc announce new dates for 'Essentials for Managing Drain Repair' Training

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:09:00 GMT

Due to increasing interest, WRc are delighted to announce the next date for the ‘Essentials for Managing Drain Repair ‘ Training Course will be 30th & 31st October 2018 at WRc Swindon. read more

WRc Summer 2018 Newsletter

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:59:00 GMT

BREAKING NEWS WRc Asset read more

Resource Efficiency September 2018 Newsletter

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:54:00 GMT

WRc Infrastructure take to the skies to locate water leakage

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:01:00 GMT

WRc have been inspecting the health of the capital’s strategic water infrastructure using Sahara® since the 1990s. As life goes on above the streets of London - commuters, residents, businesses and read more

WRc appoints new Non-Executive Director

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 10:02:00 GMT

WRc is delighted to appoint Martin Bradbury as its new Non-Executive Director We are delighted to welcome and celebrate the successful appointment of Martin Bradbury as a Non-Executive Director on read more

WRc kick off the Odour Management User Group 2018

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 13:12:00 GMT

Odour Management is of enormous importance to water utility and industrial companies. Ensuring the impact of odour from their facilities is minimised is essential to maintain good relationships with read more

Infrastructure Team go above and beyond at 2 RTAs

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:54:00 GMT

Each month WRc has a staff briefing to discuss progress, developments, welcome new team members etc over a delicious lunch, but importantly it brings everyone from all parts of our business together. read more

June 2018 Newsletter

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:42:00 GMT

Water Efficiency in the heat!

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:01:00 GMT

WRc Robert Pitchers at ERNCIP

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:19:00 GMT

Last week, Robert Pitchers of WRc participated as an invited expert in the 21st meeting of the European Research Network on Critical Infrastructure Protection Thematic Group on Chemical and read more

WRc Robert Pitchers at Drinking Water 2018

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:59:00 GMT

Robert Pitchers of WRc was involved in organising the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management's (CIWEM) conference on Drinking Water 2018: Developments in Water Quality Treatment read more

BBC South East discovers SmartBall

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:35:00 GMT

Utility Week Live and the Water Industry Awards 2018

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:27:00 GMT

On Monday 21st May the Commercial Team from WRc went to Birmingham NEC to prepare for this years Utility Week Live. This has long been a key date in the calendar for WRc, providing the opportunity to read more

Successful R Statistics training run by WRc

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:07:00 GMT

This week WRc welcomed 13 visitors to come and take part in the first 2 day R Statistics training course of 2018. This increasingly popular course is run by Victoria Bewes and Steve Alvarenga and has read more

BBC Inside Out Flushables February 2018

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:06:00 GMT

WRc: Investing for the Future

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:30:00 GMT

We are delighted to inform you of the new growth and development strategy for WRc and the changes this will bring to the company. During the recent triennial valuation and following read more

Truly Integrated Catchment Modelling

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:17:00 GMT

Truly Integrated Catchment Modelling! Environmental modelling has come a long way from the early attempts to represent water company assets and their interactions with the natural world. But read more

WRc go green for Macmillan

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:33:00 GMT

WRc are delighted to be supporting Macmillan in raising money towards their work in supporting those with cancer. A number of fundraising events are held throughout the year and today our staff were read more

WRc Sponsor Global Leakage Summit 2018

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:38:00 GMT

This week WRc's Asset Management team have been in London sponsoring the ABB Global Leakage Summit. Delegates from across the globe came to discuss the issues associated with water leakage in read more

The cost of active leakage control on trunk mains is affordable

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:29:00 GMT

Active Leakage Control (ALC) on large diameter pipelines is value for money if done properly. ALC will find significant leakage volumes and provide the insights into asset health necessary read more

WRc Mental Health First Aiders meeting with MHFA England

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:17:00 GMT

Our community of Mental Health First Aiders came together with their MHFA instructor James Maher for the first time since their original training in December. Whilst together, they shared their read more

WRc presentation at SWIG

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:18:00 GMT

On Wednesday WRc’s Robert Pitchers presented at the Water & Health Workshop which had been organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry and Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG). “New read more

WRc and the EC Aquavalens Project - Close and future developments

Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:45:00 GMT

This week, WRc’s Robert Pitchers and Janis Eglitis of the Treatment Team travelled to Lisbon to participate in final review meeting of the EC Aquavalens Project, present at the Small Systems workshop read more

WRc supporting UK Water Framework Directive – Review of UKTAG flow standards

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:40:00 GMT

On Tuesday 9th January, Vicki Bewes of WRc’s Catchment Management Team, attended the UKTAG Water Resources Task Team (WRTT) Workshop in Birmingham to consider the revision of the UK Water Framework read more

WRc are pleased to be chosen by Environment Agency to review leakage elements of the company’s draft WRMPs

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:46:00 GMT

Every 5 years water companies prepare Water Resource Management Plans that outline how they plan to ensure security of future water supplies. The Asset Management Solutions Team at WRc read more

WRc are delighted to be working with Cadent on an exciting new project.

Mon, 04 Dec 2017 08:20:00 GMT

Gas Service pipes have been identified by Cadent and their Strategic Partners as one of the most time-consuming (and therefore costly) asset to replace. The challenge is to produce an alternative read more

WRc helps with launch of National Biofilms Innovation Centre

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:19:00 GMT

WRc helps with launch of National Biofilms Innovation Centre. Read more. For further information contact: Robert Pitchers on (01793) 865141 or robert.pitchers@wrcplc.co.uk read more

TR61 celebrates 40 years!

Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:01:00 GMT

WRc is celebrating 40 years of TR61, a large collection of capital and operational cost estimation models for the water industry. TR61 was first published in hard copy in November 1977 read more

Get greater value from your data with WRc's 2 day course: An Introduction to data analytics using R. New course date announced. (17 & 18 April 2018)

Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:58:00 GMT

This intensive, 2-day course has been designed for scientists and engineers in utility and regulatory organisations who currently rely on MS Excel and are looking to take their analytical skills to read more

WRc awarded ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:58:00 GMT

NQA Certification Limited, UKAS accreditation body, has recently recommended WRC plc for ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015 transition and re-certification. In addition to WRc’s 90 years of exceeding read more

WRc exhibits at driving gas into the future

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 08:14:00 GMT

WRc were delighted to attend and exhibit at the South West IGEM event on the 24th October in Bristol for an evening of discussion and debate on the theme of transport. It was a great opportunity for read more

WRc welcomes guests of FWA & IoW at Water Retail Competition Event

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 07:58:00 GMT

On the 19th October, WRc were delighted to host (on behalf of Future Water Association and Institute of Water) the second in a series of conferences on Water Retail read more

WRc plc development continues, investing in collaboration & communication

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:47:00 GMT

Following WRc’s appointment of Sonia Home (Chief Executive at C-Me) as one of the Non-Exec Directors, all WRc colleagues have now completed C-me Colour Profiling Foundation Workshops. This is the read more

Innovations in statistical approaches for PR19

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:18:00 GMT

Join us for the Water Statistics User Group Autumn 2017 meeting on 18th October 2017 at WRc in Swindon Agenda: 10:00 - Registration + Tea/Coffee 10:30 - Welcome and introduction - read more

Water Retail Competition 6 months on

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 10:25:00 GMT

On 19th October 2017 at WRc in Swindon, we sponsored the 'Water Retail 6 Months On' conference The conference was held by The Institute of Water and Future Water Association. Agenda: 10.00 – read more

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water & WRc deliver creative solutions for Trunk Mains

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:37:00 GMT

When Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water established more than 400 discrete metered areas covering over 5000km of their trunk mains network, they needed detailed analysis of both balance results and asset read more

Get greater value from your data with WRc's 2 day course: An Introduction to data analytics using R

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 09:47:00 GMT

WRc launches ‘on-demand’ service, for Toxicology advice to suit your business needs

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:49:00 GMT

For any organisation that works with or produces chemicals, understanding the risk they pose to human health and the environment is of utmost importance. The National Centre for Environmental read more

WRc’s ‘living’ stand proves to be a great success at RWM

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 13:06:00 GMT

This week WRc’s Resource Efficiency team, aka the Waste Doctors, exhibited at RWM at the NEC in Birmingham. Our stand featured a living wall provided by Treebox, which not only looked spectacular read more

Learn new statistical skills, increase productivity and ensure compliance with WRc’s one – day course, 21st November 2017

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:10:00 GMT

Effective management of public water supplies relies on sound analysis of monitoring data. However, statistical methods can be confusing and difficult to implement for non-statisticians. To assist read more

Learn new statistical skills, increase productivity and ensure compliance with WRc’s one – day course, 3rd October 2017

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:09:00 GMT

Download your FREE copies of 'Innovations in Plastics' and 'Innovations in Infrastructure'

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:45:00 GMT

Following last year’s Innovations in Infrastructure report, WRc is launching Innovations in Plastic. Plastic is a material that is often in the news, especially with regards to marine plastic read more

Book your place at the 'Water Retail Competition' conference, at WRc in Swindon, 19th Oct 2017

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 10:47:00 GMT

Water Retail Competition - 6 months on Following on from last year’s hugely successful Water Retail Competition event, and in response to requests from across the sector, WRc are pleased to host read more

WRc welcomes two new starters to our NCET team

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:33:00 GMT

WRc is growing and we welcome two new colleagues to our NCET team. Dr Karin Burnett, a Scientific Writer, joined us last month and Sophie Lloyd, Toxicologist, started last week. Everyone at read more

WRc Infrastructure team carries out 9 successful Sahara surveys in Spain

Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:05:00 GMT

WRc Infrastructure recently sent a survey team to Bilbao, Spain, to carry out surveys on a 1200mm steel main that had been out of service for over 10 years. The local water company, Consorcio de read more

WRc develops first of its kind water treatment experimental rig for Scottish Water

Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:29:00 GMT

At WRc we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver innovative solutions to our clients’ problems. This week we showcased a first of its kind water treatment experimental rig at Gorthleck read more

WRc welcomes two new starters to our growing team

Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:38:00 GMT

This week WRc welcomes two new starters, Steve Alvarenga and Krzysztof Szaja to our growing team. Steve joins us as our new Senior Data Scientist in the Asset Management team and Krys joins read more