Mergers & Acquisitions
WSP to acquire RPS
The Canadian engineering firm, WSP Global Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire UK based RPS Group plc, currently valued at approximately £625m.
Half the...
Industry News
ACO supplies sustainable attenuation system for Lovell Homes Ludgershall
ACO Water Management has designed and delivered a 4,500m³ StormBrixx attenuation tank to help prevent flooding at Lovell Homes’ Drummond Park estate.
A mixed tenure...
Government, Policy & Regulation
Environment Secretary meets with water company chief executives during driest summer in over 50 years
The Environment Secretary, George Eustice and Environment Minister, Steve Double met with the chief executives of water companies last week to discuss the ongoing...
Industry News
Advanced water quality monitor installed in the Serpentine
Looking to find ways to keep improving water quality, the managers of the Royal Parks have installed a continuous water quality monitor; an ESNET...
Industry News
Atkins delivers key insight to water industry on natural capital for Environment Agency
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has worked with the Environment Agency to develop and deliver a series of webinars on ‘Natural Capital...
Product News
Abloy UK launches BEAT Controller for keyless access
Abloy UK has unveiled its new BEAT Controller that enables mobile access for a wide variety of security products, allowing organisations to upgrade their...
Government, Policy & Regulation
Holme Styes Reservoir flow rate reduced by half to stop it running dry
The Environment Secretary agreed last week to grant the EA’s application to Defra for a ‘drought order’ which should help prevent Holme Styes reservoir...
Water Company News
Yorkshire Water announces hosepipe ban after lowest rainfall figures in 130 years
Yorkshire Water has announced that it will introduce a hosepipe ban from 26th August.
Yorkshire Water’s director of water, Neil Dewis, said:
“Parts of Yorkshire have...
Government, Policy & Regulation
Salmon returns to river after 100 years thanks to river restoration by SEPA
Salmon have returned to the Garrell Burn in Kilsyth for the first time in 100 years, as a result of a river restoration project...
Industry News
UV lighting up water treatment at Happy Valley
After more than six months of successful production, the southern hemisphere’s largest Xylem-manufactured drinking water ultraviolet disinfection system has kept pathogens at bay to...
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