"More pull" is needed from water utilities if they are to make the most of their supply chain partners, says a leading pump manufacturer. The view was expressed at a recent Round Table event on "Carbon footprint reduction in wastewater networks," hosted by Water & Wastewater Treatment magazine.

Clive Patten, managing director of pump manufacturer ABS Wastewater Technology, sponsor of the event, surprised some water company representatives when he said that they were failing to get the best out of companies like his.

"We don't get a lot of pull from the industry on innovation, we have to very much come and push and sometimes that 'push' is very difficult."

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	WWT Round Table Video

	WWT Round Table Panel Members

	Professor Tom Stephenson			Dr Stephen Bird
	Chairman Cranfield University and advisor to the board BluewaterBio			Operations Director South West Water
	Matthew Pluke			Dr Sarah McMath
	Energy Manager Anglian Water			Head of Asset Planning Optimisation & Innovation Thames Water
	Steven Wilson			Ben Roche
	Head of wastewater Welsh Water			Asset Strategy Manager Yorkshire Water
	Clive Patten			Paul Fisher
	Managing Director ABS Wastewater Technology			Standards Manager in Wastewater Severn Trent
	Charles Gaisford
	Principal Consultant SKM Enviros