2018 Outlook on Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities

2018 Outlook on Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities

Resilience, Water Security, and Cyber Security Will be Key Themes for Utilities in the Future

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Utilities have realised that what was applicable a few decades ago is not relevant to the current situation, as various factors control the operation. It is highly critical for utilities to deliver high-quality water, with no supply interruption while protecting the health and wellness of its customers. Utilities have to work on making informed decisions with a sense of urgency. They face major threats because of climate change, water scarcity, growing global population, availability of fresh water reserves, uncertain economic situations, and so on which need to be addressed for them to perform their functions effectively. Utilities are investing towards making their operations of water supply and wastewater treatment resilient to mitigate the adversities posed by climate change and cope with the increase in population and so on. These challenges will also threaten delivering safe, reliable water along with efficient and affordable services. Utilities are fully aware of these challenges and have invested in sustainability to deliver good-quality water and sanitation.

Research Scope

This study provides an outlook of the sustainability of UK’s water utilities.  It covers some of the key sustainability indicators and performance of water utilities with respect to these indicators and solutions to address the issues faced by utilities with case studies. The key themes that have been broadly classified under the following:

  • Protect and promote public health,
  • Provide high-quality, reliable and value-for-money service
  • Response to climate change
  • Reducing environmental impacts. 

The study also encompasses an executive summary indicating the average performance of water utilities in terms of sustainability. It also covers top sustainability trends of UK utilities, followed by top predictions for the year 2018.


Research Highlights

The study also elaborates on some of the critical future challenges that will be faced by utilities. Some of these challenges include climate change and adverse weather events, increase in population, micropollutants, availability of water treatment chemicals due to depleting resources, and water security.  The most important challenge faced by most utilities in the world is climate change. Its implications—drought, flooding, depletion of water quality, and rise of sea level—have been elaborated in the study.

The research not only has information on the performance of water utilities for the last three years but also has case studies and technologies that can be used to improve the performance of these sustainability indicators. For instance, the study provides information on mitigating sewer flooding by providing information on the solutions available, prospects of combined sewer overflow to mitigate flooding, and case studies on green roof management.

The research service covers the Mega Trends that impact the sustainability of UK water utilities. These include innovation to zero, climate change, and smart is the new green. Key growth opportunities include disruptive applications such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and virtual reality. There are many AI and machine learning platforms in the world working across many industries with information on companies that are using AI to address pipe leakage. The study covers examples of water utilities across the world that use virtual reality to perform operation and maintenance of treatment plants.

The study provides a comparison of water utilities with respect to key sustainability indicators. The exhibits also demonstrate how the utilities have performed in the current year (2016–2017) compared to the previous year (2015–2016).

Key Issues Addressed

  • What are the top trends in 2018 influencing the sustainability of UK water utilities?
  • What is the performance of water utilities with respect to drinking water quality?
  • What is the performance of water utilities with respect to water supply interruptions?
  • What are the key growth opportunities for the market participants?
  • What is the quantity of greenhouse gas emitted by utilities in the last three years?

Conclusion

This study will provide an in-depth analysis on key sustainability metrics of UK’s water and wastewater utilities. It will also talk about interesting trends, especially “smart”, that are driving the market. This will aid clients in identifying the right technology or solution to invest in, in order to improve the performance of the sustainability indicators listed in the study. The client can also understand the performance of other utilities in the UK for them to pick up best practices and examples

Table of Contents

Executive Summary—Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities

Sustainability Indicators of UK’s Water Utilities—Top Trends for 2018

Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities—Predictions for 2018

Future Challenges for UK Water Utilities

Climate Change

Increase in Population in the United Kingdom

Micropollutants and Disinfection By-products

Limited Availability of Water Treatment Chemicals Due to Depleting Resources

Water Security—Threat of Water Contamination and Cyber Security

Research Scope

Sustainability Indicators of UK’s Water Utilities—Overview

Sustainability Indicators of UK’s Water Utilities—Outlook

Protect and Promote Public Health

Drinking Water Quality

Events of Sewer Flooding

Events of Main Bursts

High-quality, Reliable, and Value-for-money Service

Water Supply Interruptions

Water into Supply

Wastewater Treated

Domestic Water Demand

Provide High-quality, Reliable, and Value-for-money Service Trends

Response to Climate Change

Total Renewable Energy Generated

Energy Consumption

Total Renewable Energy Generated

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Reducing Environmental Impacts

Sludge Management

Sludge Use

Leakage in Water Supply

Water Leakage

Leakage in Water Supply

Impact of Mega Trends

Growth Opportunity—Disruptive Applications

Strategic Imperatives for Success and Growth

Key Conclusions

Legal Disclaimer

Market Engineering Methodology

List of Exhibits

List of Figures
  • 1. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Executive Summary, United Kingdom, 2015–2017
  • 2. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Effects of Climate Change and Mitigation Measures, UK, 2018
  • 3. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Fujitsu Sensor for Sewer Flooding, UK, 2017
  • 4. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Committed Performance Levels of Number of Pipe Bursts, UK, 2017–2020
  • 5. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Supply Interruption Time Difference, UK, 2014–2017
  • 6. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Renewable Energy Quoted Target for Water Utilities, UK, 2016–2017*
  • 7. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Categories of Energy Use Within the Water Industry, UK, 2018
  • 8. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Renewable Energy in Water Utilities, UK, 2017
  • 9. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Renewable Energy Category and Reliability, UK, 2017
  • 10. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Biogas as Energy, UK, 2017
  • 11. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Anaerobic Digestion Map, Municipal/Commercial—Electricity, Biomethane, and Heat Plant, UK, 2018
  • 12. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Anaerobic Digestion Map, Sewage Sludge—Electricity, Biomethane, and Heat Plant, UK, 2018
  • 13. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: River Flow Map, UK, 2018
List of Charts
  • 1. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Population and Growth Rate, UK, 2010-2021
  • 2. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Risk Analysis Criteria for Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals, UK, 2018
  • 3. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Drinking Water Quality, UK, 2014–2016
  • 4. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Drinking Water Quality, UK, 2017
  • 5. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Drinking Water Quality—Overall Mean Zonal Compliance, UK, 2016–2017*
  • 6. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Drinking Water Quality, AMP6 Committed Performance Level, UK, 2016–2020
  • 7. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Number of Properties Involved in Internal and External Flooding*, UK, 2016–2017
  • 8. Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities: Events of Internal Flooding, UK, 2014–2017
  • 9. Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities: Events of Internal Flooding, Committed Performance Level, UK, 2017–2020
  • 10. Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities: Events of External Flooding, UK, 2014–2017
  • 11. Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities: Events of External Flooding, Committed Performance Level, UK, 2017-2020
  • 12. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Internal Sewer Flooding Percentage Difference from the Previous Year, UK, 2015–2017
  • 13. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: External Sewer Flooding Percentage Difference from the Previous Year, UK, 2015–2017
  • 14. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Revenue Forecast, UK, 2017–2022
  • 15. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Number of Pipe Bursts per 1,000 km of Pipe, UK, 2016–2017
  • 16. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Events of Main Bursts, UK, 2014–2017
  • 17. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Percentage Reduction of Pipe Burst from Previous Year, UK, 2015–2017
  • 18. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Average Minutes Lost in Interruption of Water Supply, UK, 2016–2017
  • 19. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Supply Interruption, UK, 2014–2017
  • 20. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Into Supply, UK, 2016–2017
  • 21. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Source of Water Supply, UK, 2016
  • 22. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Consumption by Sector, UK, 2016
  • 23. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Wastewater Generated and Treated, UK, 2015-2021
  • 24. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Domestic Water Demand, UK, 2014–2017
  • 25. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Percentage Difference in Domestic Water Demand, UK, 2015–2017
  • 26. Total Smart Water Meter Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecast, UK, 2015–2026
  • 27. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Industry-wise Energy Consumption, UK, 2016
  • 28. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Actual Energy Consumption by Water Utilities, UK, 2015–2017*
  • 29. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Renewable Energy Generated by Water, UK, 2015–2017*
  • 30. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, UK, 2016-2018
  • 31. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Water, UK, 2014–2017
  • 32. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Sewerage, UK, 2014–2017
  • 33. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Water, UK, 2015–2017
  • 34. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Sewerage, UK, 2015–2017
  • 35. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Sludge Use in Percentage, UK, 2016–2017*
  • 36. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Energy Generated from Sludge, UK, 2010–2016
  • 37. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Leaked per Day, UK*, 2016–2017
  • 38. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Leakage, UK, 2014–2017
  • 39. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Percentage Reduction in Leakage from the Previous Year, UK, 2015–2017
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Utilities have realised that what was applicable a few decades ago is not relevant to the current situation, as various factors control the operation. It is highly critical for utilities to deliver high-quality water, with no supply interruption while protecting the health and wellness of its customers. Utilities have to work on making informed decisions with a sense of urgency. They face major threats because of climate change, water scarcity, growing global population, availability of fresh water reserves, uncertain economic situations, and so on which need to be addressed for them to perform their functions effectively. Utilities are investing towards making their operations of water supply and wastewater treatment resilient to mitigate the adversities posed by climate change and cope with the increase in population and so on. These challenges will also threaten delivering safe, reliable water along with efficient and affordable services. Utilities are fully aware of these challenges and have invested in sustainability to deliver good-quality water and sanitation.--BEGIN PROMO--

Research Scope

This study provides an outlook of the sustainability of UK’s water utilities.  It covers some of the key sustainability indicators and performance of water utilities with respect to these indicators and solutions to address the issues faced by utilities with case studies. The key themes that have been broadly classified under the following:

  • Protect and promote public health,
  • Provide high-quality, reliable and value-for-money service
  • Response to climate change
  • Reducing environmental impacts. 

The study also encompasses an executive summary indicating the average performance of water utilities in terms of sustainability. It also covers top sustainability trends of UK utilities, followed by top predictions for the year 2018.

Research Highlights

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Table of Contents | Executive Summary~ || Executive Summary—Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities~ || Sustainability Indicators of UK’s Water Utilities—Top Trends for 2018~ || Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities—Predictions for 2018~ | UK Water Utilities—Future Challenges~ || Future Challenges for UK Water Utilities~ || Climate Change~ || Increase in Population in the United Kingdom~ || Micropollutants and Disinfection By-products~ || Limited Availability of Water Treatment Chemicals Due to Depleting Resources~ || Water Security—Threat of Water Contamination and Cyber Security~ | Research Scope~ || Research Scope~ | UK Water Utilities—Sustainability Indicators Outlook~ || Sustainability Indicators of UK’s Water Utilities—Overview~ || Sustainability Indicators of UK’s Water Utilities—Outlook~ | Protect and Promote Public Health Outlook~ || Protect and Promote Public Health~ || Drinking Water Quality~ || Events of Sewer Flooding~ || Events of Main Bursts~ | Provide High-quality, Reliable, and Value-for-money Service~ || High-quality, Reliable, and Value-for-money Service~ || Water Supply Interruptions~ || Water into Supply~ || Wastewater Treated~ || Domestic Water Demand~ || Provide High-quality, Reliable, and Value-for-money Service Trends~ | Response to Climate Change~ || Response to Climate Change~ || Total Renewable Energy Generated~ || Energy Consumption~ || Total Renewable Energy Generated~ || Greenhouse Gas Emissions~ | Reducing Environmental Impacts~ || Reducing Environmental Impacts~ || Sludge Management~ || Sludge Use~ || Leakage in Water Supply~ || Water Leakage~ || Leakage in Water Supply~ | Mega Trends~ || Impact of Mega Trends~ | Growth Opportunities~ || Growth Opportunity—Disruptive Applications~ || Strategic Imperatives for Success and Growth~ | Key Conclusions~ || Key Conclusions~ || Legal Disclaimer~ | Appendix~ || Market Engineering Methodology~ || List of Exhibits~
List of Charts and Figures 1. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Executive Summary, United Kingdom, 2015–2017~ 2. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Effects of Climate Change and Mitigation Measures, UK, 2018~ 3. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Fujitsu Sensor for Sewer Flooding, UK, 2017~ 4. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Committed Performance Levels of Number of Pipe Bursts, UK, 2017–2020~ 5. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Supply Interruption Time Difference, UK, 2014–2017~ 6. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Renewable Energy Quoted Target for Water Utilities, UK, 2016–2017*~ 7. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Categories of Energy Use Within the Water Industry, UK, 2018~ 8. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Renewable Energy in Water Utilities, UK, 2017~ 9. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Renewable Energy Category and Reliability, UK, 2017~ 10. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Biogas as Energy, UK, 2017~ 11. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Anaerobic Digestion Map, Municipal/Commercial—Electricity, Biomethane, and Heat Plant, UK, 2018~ 12. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Anaerobic Digestion Map, Sewage Sludge—Electricity, Biomethane, and Heat Plant, UK, 2018~ 13. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: River Flow Map, UK, 2018~| 1. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Population and Growth Rate, UK, 2010-2021~ 2. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Risk Analysis Criteria for Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals, UK, 2018~ 3. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Drinking Water Quality, UK, 2014–2016~ 4. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Drinking Water Quality, UK, 2017~ 5. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Drinking Water Quality—Overall Mean Zonal Compliance, UK, 2016–2017*~ 6. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Drinking Water Quality, AMP6 Committed Performance Level, UK, 2016–2020~ 7. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Number of Properties Involved in Internal and External Flooding*, UK, 2016–2017~ 8. Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities: Events of Internal Flooding, UK, 2014–2017~ 9. Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities: Events of Internal Flooding, Committed Performance Level, UK, 2017–2020~ 10. Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities: Events of External Flooding, UK, 2014–2017~ 11. Sustainability Indicators of UK Water Utilities: Events of External Flooding, Committed Performance Level, UK, 2017-2020~ 12. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Internal Sewer Flooding Percentage Difference from the Previous Year, UK, 2015–2017~ 13. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: External Sewer Flooding Percentage Difference from the Previous Year, UK, 2015–2017~ 14. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Revenue Forecast, UK, 2017–2022 ~ 15. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Number of Pipe Bursts per 1,000 km of Pipe, UK, 2016–2017~ 16. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Events of Main Bursts, UK, 2014–2017~ 17. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Percentage Reduction of Pipe Burst from Previous Year, UK, 2015–2017~ 18. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Average Minutes Lost in Interruption of Water Supply, UK, 2016–2017~ 19. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Supply Interruption, UK, 2014–2017~ 20. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Into Supply, UK, 2016–2017~ 21. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Source of Water Supply, UK, 2016~ 22. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Consumption by Sector, UK, 2016~ 23. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Wastewater Generated and Treated, UK, 2015-2021~ 24. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Domestic Water Demand, UK, 2014–2017~ 25. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Percentage Difference in Domestic Water Demand, UK, 2015–2017~ 26. Total Smart Water Meter Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecast, UK, 2015–2026~ 27. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Industry-wise Energy Consumption, UK, 2016~ 28. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Actual Energy Consumption by Water Utilities, UK, 2015–2017*~ 29. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Renewable Energy Generated by Water, UK, 2015–2017*~ 30. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, UK, 2016-2018~ 31. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Water, UK, 2014–2017~ 32. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Sewerage, UK, 2014–2017~ 33. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Water, UK, 2015–2017~ 34. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Sewerage, UK, 2015–2017~ 35. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Sludge Use in Percentage, UK, 2016–2017*~ 36. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Energy Generated from Sludge, UK, 2010–2016~ 37. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Leaked per Day, UK*, 2016–2017~ 38. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Water Leakage, UK, 2014–2017~ 39. Sustainability Indicators of Water Utilities: Percentage Reduction in Leakage from the Previous Year, UK, 2015–2017~
Author Deepthi Kumar Sugumar
Industries Environment
WIP Number ME04-01-00-00-00
Keyword 1 UK Water Utilities
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GPS Codes 9307-A4,9596