Water Sector Services

As the UK's national meteorological service, we provide accurate weather intelligence, 24/7 support, and consultancy. We offer site-specific, regional, and seasonal forecasts for clean and wastewater, transforming weather and climate data into actionable insights to support government priorities and enhance the water environment. Additionally, we assist the water sector with weather data, planning solutions, operational support, and consultancy for various stages of weather and climate service requirements.

Benefits of Our Services:

• Improve demand and output forecasting
• Manage costs, maintenance, and staffing
• Prepare for climate-related risks
• Optimise performance and assets
• Understand and explain weather impacts

Operational Services for Water:

Stay ahead of the weather with our forecast services, supporting all operations and asset management for drinking water and wastewater, so you can make timely decisions, protect assets, and ensure efficiency.

Consultancy Services:

Our consultancy services offer long-term insights and strategic planning, including:

• Resource management and flood management initiatives.
• Analysis of seasonal or annual water use, storm events, and sewer flooding.
• Demand contingency planning, drought impact assessment, and metering and leakage initiatives.
• Reporting on disruptive weather events, hosepipe bans, and water leakage.
• Tailored services to meet specific requirements.

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Operational Services:

We provide comprehensive support for both wastewater and clean water management through a range of operational and consultancy services.

• Access a meteorologist 24/7: Interact with meteorologists for site-specific or regional forecasts, or gain weather insights across the UK via phone, video briefing, or on-site deployment. Click here to learn more about access a meteorologist 24/7

• Demand Forecasting: Develop year-round water demand models for individual companies, regions, or resource zones.

• Annual Reporting of Demand or Leakage: Provide detailed weather-dependent leakage, demand, burst, seasonal night use, and turbidity data.

• Decider: Predict future trends and consequences with Decider, which assists in interpreting large amounts of probabilistic data from ensemble forecasting systems. Click here to learn more about Decider

• Forecast Toolkit for Turbidity and Rainfall Runoff: Forecast turbidity, rainfall runoff, and soil moisture deficit to ensure cost-efficient water treatment and effective catchment management. Intense rainfall can degrade water quality by causing surface run-off that carries mud and pollutants into watercourses. Predicting higher turbidity helps plan treatment and storage, saving costs and increasing efficiency. Understanding agricultural runoff aids in advising farmers on pesticide, fertiliser, and slurry applications.

• Freeze-Thaw™ Early Alerting Service: Provides alerts for pipe-freezing events up to 14 days in advance and expected thaws, followed by increased water demand. This service helps manage 'freeze-thaw' events, minimizing customer impacts and demonstrating due diligence to regulators. Benefits include early preparation, severity alerts (Red-Amber-Green), and freeing up time with constant monitoring and threshold-triggered alerts.

• VisualEyes™: A web-based weather alert system offering five-day weather forecasts combined with site-specific probabilistic charts and bespoke alerting. Click here to learn more about VisualEyes

• Burst Pipe Modelling: Model the relationship between low temperatures and call centre volumes related to burst pipes to help manage resources and minimise the impact of burst pipe events.

• Nowcast: Protect water networks with frequent, accurate short-range rainfall forecasts. Nowcasts offer detailed guidance on imminent high-impact weather events. The Met Office provides routine services for T+0 to T+6 in the UK, blending observations with the UK Atmospheric Hi-Res model. Weather variables include cloud, precipitation, temperature, humidity, visibility, wind, and lightning.

• Hazard Forecast: The five-day tailored hazard forecast includes maximum rainfall rate, rainfall accumulation, temperature, snow, lightning risk, and wind, scaled to town level for precise resource allocation. Delivered twice a week in summer and four times a week in winter, it features RAG (Red-Amber-Green) hazard status and expert commentary from Met Office meteorologists, who are available for discussions and advice on potential weather impacts.

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