Industry News
Water industry is second biggest contributor to UK’s safe digging industry, LSBUD’s annual Digging Up Britain report reveals
The UK’s water industry recorded more than 1 million underground asset searches in 2024, making it the second biggest contributor to the UK’s safe digging industry.
It currently accounts for 27.5% of the 3.9 million LSBUD searches made across the UK, and sees a search placed every 6.9 seconds during the average working day, according to Digging up Britain 2025. It comes in second to only telecoms, which placed 1.4 million searches.
Discover What's Happening
Business Sustainability Updates, Straight to Your Inbox
Explore our newsletters
Join our Newsletter to receive the latest industry trends, expert tips, and exclusive insights delivered straight to your inbox!
.png)
