A WhatsApp group intended for a handful of utilities to share learnings and experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic has quickly scaled to involve over 180 organisations. Isle founder and chairman Piers Clark started the social media chat group just over two weeks ago as the lockdown of populations meant utilities had to respond rapidly to multiple unprecedented challenges.

Isle would like to assure you that we remain fully operational throughout our worldwide offices. Members of the Isle team are able to be contacted as usual via email or phone.

European Water and Wastewater TAG 18 were originally set to take place in Paris on 18th and 19th March. However, after restrictions put in place due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the meeting was run entirely virtually.

Global technology and innovation consultancy Isle Utilities is growing its team and has appointed Matthew Stephenson as European director. Stephenson joined on 1 October and brings over 20 years’ experience in the water sector, most recently as director of Suez Advanced Solutions UK and previously at Bristol Water, a utility in south-west England.

Isle are delighted to share a short study on the journey taken by Inflowmatix after their involvement with Isle through the European TAG programme.

Isle is supporting the efforts of the Inter-American Development Bank to create the right framework for innovation in the water sector in Latin America. As part of this effort, a TAG innovation workshop will be organized during the conference IWA-IDB Innovation Conference on Sustainable Use of Water: Cities, Industry and Agriculture, happening on September 30-October 3 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The workshop will provide selected technology companies with the opportunity to present their products and create the opportunity to interact with Latin America’s leading water utilities.

Urban Resilience TAG took place in Rotterdam on 22nd May 2019, following a successful excursion on 21st May.