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My response to the Workforce Challenge panel — Infrastructure Summit, County Hall, London.
Adam Cave from Murray McIntosh shares his thoughts on the UK water sector not having enough engineers to deliver AMP8. Drawing on 12 years of recruitment experience, he unpacks the structural workforce crisis that a recent panel discussion didn't fully confront.
The UK water sector faces a critical white-collar engineering shortage. Retraining won't fix it. The salary gap is structural. AMP8 is at risk.
Water scarcity is a housing problem. Infrastructure-led efficiency is the answer
The government's 1.5 million homes target has a water problem. Research by Public First for CIWEM found that water scarcity could leave 61,600 homes unbuilt across the East and Southeast alone – a £25 billion shortfall. In Cambridgeshire, the constraint is already live: 9,000 homes delayed and counting.
Water scarcity threatens 61,600 new homes. Discover how smart metering infrastructure and flow-limiting technology help developers build in constrained areas.
Turning FOG from a sewer problem into a valuable resource
The FOG Network 2026 brought the sector together to explore how fats, oils, and grease can be kept out of sewers, traced through the system, and recovered as a useful resource.
The FOG Network 2026 brought the sector together to explore how fats, oils, and grease can be kept out of sewers, traced through the system, and recovered as a useful resource.
Realtime monitoring cuts pollution risk at Scottish Water site
When a critical Scottish Water pumping station failed mid-maintenance, Xylem's Avensor real-time monitoring enabled controlled flow management, avoiding over-pumping and pollution risk.
When a critical Scottish Water pumping station failed mid-maintenance, Xylem's Avensor real-time monitoring enabled controlled flow management, avoiding over-pumping and pollution risk.
Making storm overflow data make Sense
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
The UK must halve sewage spills by 2029. Metasphere's Sense device delivers real-time, tamper-proof monitoring to help utilities meet AMP8 targets and prevent overflows.
Your Water Company Has Become A National Security Problem
The West is in a cyber 'phoney war' Charles Radclyffe at EA Global wrote in Forbes. Attacks are coming, utilities are dangerously exposed, and mandatory baseline cyber standards for every company and citizen are now essential.
Cyber warfare is already here via supply chains. Utilities are soft targets. Mandatory cyber standards for every UK company and citizen are now urgent, not optional.
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