The water sector must reinvent how it manages wastewater

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Sewage overflows are a visible sign of a system that needs to change, but they just only one of many climate and environmental challenges facing water in England and Wales, writes Ofwat Innovation Fund's Marc Hannis

News stories about wastewater and sewage being discharged into our lakes, waterways and seas is now almost a daily occurrence. There are multiple contributing factors: climate change resulting in more...

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