Yearly Archives: 2022

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...

Government, Policy & Regulation