All hands to the pump
i2O doesn’t just sell its clients hardware and leave them to get on with it. We know that maintaining an estate of hardware, using it, and getting the most out of it requires time and knowledge that water companies don’t always have.
Read moreBaby it’s cold outside
The Sun newspaper reported that it was the coldest day ever in March. ‘Big thaw leaves thousands without water in parts of UK’ said the BBC.
Read moreQueen Bee – lessons from a crisis
South African online news site IOL reports the South Africa Municipal Workers Union’s (Samwu) ‘uproar’ over Cape Town managers’ salary hikes given the city’s water situation. But there’s something further down the column that caught our eye.
Read moreWater crisis will mean total crisis
The Global Risks Landscape 2018 from the World Economic Forum places Water Crisis as the 5th highest risk facing the world today. It has been pushed down the list by the increased likelihood of Cyberattacks and Data Fraud or Theft and their potential impact.
Read moreMore extreme weather events
At i2O we don’t get drawn into talking about climate change and whether it’s man-made or not. We focus on the more immediate challenge: more extreme weather is being experienced more often. Lack of rainfall and excessive precipitation are both challenges for water companies. They impact the supply, storage and treatment of clean water. Reservoirs […]
Read moreCyberfine for water companies
The UK Government has announced that critical national infrastructure companies will face fines of up to £17m if they fail to protect themselves from cyber-attacks, effective May 2018. Critical national infrastructure companies include energy, transport, health and water companies. They are being told that they should have in place ‘the most robust safeguards.’ The National […]
Read moreInnovation in water conservation and leakage management
We recently wrote an article in December’s edition of Water Active highlighting why we believe innovation is helping to tackle water conservation and leakage management with the UK leading the way. You can read the full article here.
Read moreBeyond digital: Why smart water networks are a natural progression for the water industry
We recently wrote an article in December’s edition of Water Finance & Management journal outlining why we believe smart water networks are a natural progression for the water industry in order to solve the challenges they face; population growth, urbanisation and more frequent extreme weather events make delivering even adequate customer service through ageing infrastructure […]
Read moreIs the media to blame for the Cape Town water crisis?
The mainstream media has finally noticed that Cape Town South Africa is going to run out of water in weeks. And now the newspapers and websites and tv programmes all carry special reports about it. The media is fascinated by the crisis, the response to it, and who’s to blame.
Read moreYou need a Pressure Manager
Interesting news. Esval (Empresa Sanitaria de Valparaiso) in Chile has a Pressure Manager. A sign of things to come for water company organisation design or an oddity?
Read moreShower together to save water
South African Airways chief flight attendant Zanda Setlaleleng has been recognised by the Western Cape’s Water Hero initiative. He is a man of many talents which include being able to greet people in 20 different languages. He uses the opportunity of addressing a plane load of people to offer them advice on how they can […]
Read moreWater isn’t ancient history
Amman Citadel can be found in the heart of Jordan’s capital city Amman. It has been continuously occupied since Neolithic times. After conquest by the Greeks it was known as Philadelphia. The Romans left their mark too – the columns that stand on the site belong to the Temple of Hercules, and the amphitheatre carved into […]
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