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Steve Vick International (SVI) has launched a new website and fully integrated online shop, designed to improve the digital experience for customers and make accessing tools and solutions easier than ever. The new platform enhances navigation and brings together product information, downloadable resources, and instructional videos in one place. By moving more tools and services online, SVI is making it simpler for customers to research, select, and purchase products directly through the website.

Viking Johnson has unveiled EasiFit, a next-generation encapsulation collar designed to deliver rapid, safe, and permanent under-pressure pipeline repairs. Engineered to maintain supply continuity, EasiFit allows utilities to seal leaks and restore system integrity without shutdowns. With a large-cavity design, corrosion-resistant coating, and pressure ratings up to 32 bar, it offers a durable solution for both emergency repairs and planned maintenance across potable water and wastewater networks.

AUMA Actuators Limited has launched a new battery backup system designed to keep electric actuators operational during mains power loss. Engineered for critical infrastructure, the solution combines proven lead-acid battery technology, automated self-diagnostics, oversized capacity, and maintenance-free operation to deliver resilience, safety, and long-term reliability across water, energy, and process control environments.

Behaviour-led water efficiency is inherently unpredictable and difficult to bank against long-term targets. This article explores why reliance on customer behaviour introduces planning risk—and how system-level, engineered solutions like meter-point flow moderation deliver consistent, auditable, and enduring demand reduction without ongoing customer effort.

The Independent Water Commission’s Final Report signals a fundamental reset for the UK water sector. As reactive management becomes untenable, this article argues that predictive, data-driven intelligence is now a regulatory and operational necessity. Exploring the move to proactive supervision, the role of AI, real-time monitoring, digital twins, and integrated data, it sets out how water companies can deliver resilience, compliance, and public trust in the new regulatory era.

AUMA Actuators Limited has been awarded Primary Supplier status on Severn Trent Water’s new framework for electric actuators. The long-term agreement strengthens AUMA’s role as a trusted engineering partner, providing intelligent, modular actuator technology, lifecycle support, and technical expertise to support asset performance, resilience, and AMP8 delivery priorities.