Environmental News
First of its kind £1.5m nature restoration project to reduce flood risk in Lancashire gets underway
The Wyre Natural Flood Management project (Wyre NFM) will invest £1.5m to reduce flood risk to communities in Lancashire. The launch of the project...
Water Company News
Mabey Hire secures Scottish Water contract for another 4 years
Mabey Hire has announced that it has successfully retained its preferred supplier status for the next four years on Scottish Water’s SR21 framework, making...
Environmental News
Hull floods 15 years on: How the city built up its defences after devastation of 2007
By Mark Westwood
‘It’s hard to believe what happened 15 years ago,” says Gerry Dippnall. “It affected so many people and really showed how underprepared...
Government, Policy & Regulation
Water and sewerage company performance on pollution hits all time low
The Environment Agency has released its annual report on the environmental performance of England’s nine water and sewerage companies.
The report shows that overall in 2021,...
Industry News
Meteor wins Hydrometry Framework contract
Meteor Communications, the manufacturer of remote environmental monitoring systems, has been awarded a framework contract by the Coal Authority to supply a range of...
Water Company News
Yorkshire partnership to tackle water leakage in region’s major towns and cities
Yorkshire Water will partner with Hydraulic Analysis and Morrison Water Services as part of a programme to deliver a £28 million investment to help...
Water Company News
NI Water Announces Major £1.2bn Framework to boost local economy
NI Water has announced a £1.2bn Major Project Partnership Framework (MPPF), which will deliver large, capital works projects (over £10m in value) on water...
Government, Policy & Regulation
Water Breakthrough Challenge 3 to launch in October
Ofwat has announced the Water Breakthrough Challenge 3 (Breakthrough 3) will launch on 3 October 2022 and will retain the two streams from Breakthrough 2.
The £8 million...
Government, Policy & Regulation
Environment Agency report sets out urgent need to work with nature
The Environment Agency has published a report that lays bare the scale of change needed to halt England’s biodiversity and climate crisis.
It sets out...
Awards, Charity & Funding
Dorset chalk stream benefits from Environment Agency funding
The Environment Agency has funded a successful project to improve water quality and fish habitat in the Devils Brook, an important chalk stream in...
Market Analysis & Research
Complaints from businesses fall but water market remains hampered by poorer performers
Complaints from business customers about their water supplier have fallen but the gap between the best and worst performers continues to widen.
It is positive...
Government, Policy & Regulation
Ofwat confirms new open access competition for innovators and seeks to extend Innovation Fund to 2030
Ofwat has announced their plans for the next phase of their Innovation Fund, including a new ‘open access’ competition to launch in early 2023 which...
Industry News
Barhale wins critical Lincolnshire drainage work
South Holland Internal Drainage Board (IDB) has awarded Barhale a contract to install, reinforce and renovate vital drainage works in Lincolnshire.
The infrastructure and civil...
Awards, Charity & Funding
NI Water staff raise over £6000 towards the Ukrainian crisis
NI Water staff have helped raise £6,380 towards the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis. The ongoing conflict has had a devastating impact on Ukraine, so NI...
Industry News
Dogs Trust site expansion demands treatment upgrade
The UK’s largest dog welfare charity has selected an enhanced effluent treatment technology to meet stringent regulations at its rehoming centre in Northern Ireland.
A...
Environmental News
Fugro’s geo-data helps the City of Bad Homburg assess long-term flood risks
Fugro’s heavy rain flood assessment Geo-data is being used by the City of Bad Homburg in Germany to develop flood hazard maps for the...
Water Company News
Anglian Water unveils plans for new wetlands programme
Anglian Water has unveiled proposals to create 26 new treatment wetlands across the East of England as part of an ambitious programme of work,...
Awards, Charity & Funding
Wavin announce winner of first ever Water Futures Challenge
Engineering student, Amrie Singh, has been appointed as the new Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) Water Futures Ambassador, following the final event of Wavin's...
Appointments
New appointment for Cranfield’s Environment and Agrifood theme
Cranfield University has appointed a new Director of the Environment and Agrifood Theme in the School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE).
Professor Angel Medina Vaya took up...
Water Company News
Severn Trent’s £20m smart meter roll out hits ambitious early target
Coventry is well on its way to becoming a smart water data City, as Severn Trent’s £20m smart water metering programme hits its target...
Environmental News
£3 million grant for new project that could pave the way for large-scale removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using the ocean
The UK government's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded a £3 million grant to build a 'SeaCURE' pilot plant at...
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