Yearly Archives: 2022

Scottish Water joins calls to prevent wildfire damage

Scottish Water has joined calls to raise awareness of wildfire risks to prevent damage and help protect the environment and water supplies. The country’s public...

Company create innovative inflatable concrete tank for emergency water situations

Deploy Tech has introduced an innovative inflatable concrete water storage tank for the UK market. The key to the tank’s ‘deploy-ability’ is the Concrete Canvas,...

London Flood Review concludes with recommendations for capital’s future flooding resilience

The findings of an independent review, commissioned by Thames Water, examining the severe flooding that affected many parts of London in July 2021 have...

Industry and investment experts to give evidence to Lords Ofwat inquiry

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee will continue its inquiry on the work of Ofwat, the UK’s water regulator, by taking evidence...

Philip Dunne responds to EA’s environmental performance report to say ‘heftier fines and prison sentences ought to concentrate minds’

Reacting to the Environment Agency’s ‘Water and sewerage companies in England: environmental performance report 2021’, Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP,...

2,000 properties in York now better protected with Foss Barrier upgrade and new flood defences

The newly refurbished Foss Barrier, and completed flood defence work in the city, are being officially opened at an event in York. The £38 million...

Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade expand partnership to help organisations tackle their greatest sustainability challenges

Accenture and Microsoft, together with their joint venture Avanade, are joining forces to tackle climate change, one of the most critical and urgent challenges...

South West Water orders 2nd ResMix ‘source management’ system

Gurney Environmental has received an order from South West Water for another ResMix 3000 ‘Source Management’ System for their Meldon Reservoir in Devon. The...

Pipelaying work to get underway as part of NI Water’s Ards North Project

NI Water commenced pipelaying work in Carrowdore, County Down, earlier this month as part of its £18m Ards North Wastewater Improvement Project - a major...

Sanivar announces new partnership in Ireland

Sanivar, the state-of-the-art water pipelining manufacturer, has announced a partnership with Dyno-Rod as an approved installer across Ireland, following the successful completion of the...

Yorkshire Water awards £10M deal to Samotics

Samotics, a leading provider of real-time actionable insights to eliminate industrial energy waste and unplanned downtime, has been selected by Yorkshire Water as its...

Are we returning to smaller hybrid offices?

At the height of the lockdowns during COVID-19 technology helped us to carry on seamlessly working from the home. We met our work colleagues...

Florida Gulf Coast Clam Farmers using LoRaWAN® Network

Partnership with a University of Florida institute provides data that allows producers to document crop losses & identify environmental trends Combining Internet of Things technology...

Flood and coastal resilience innovation fund to allocate £200m over next 5 years

By the end of 2027 the flood and coastal resilience innovation fund, managed by the Environment Agency, plans to allocate £200m for work to...

Hillhead organiser reports almost 18,500 visitors attended this year’s event

QMJ, organiser of the world's biggest working quarry event for the mineral products, construction, and recycling sectors has reported almost 18,500 visitors attended this...

£8 Million flood alleviation project progressing well

NI Water has announced that the first phase of a major £8million Flood Alleviation Project is progressing well in South Belfast. The work, which...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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