Yearly Archives: 2022

Water companies told to spell out how they’ll protect river health

Ofwat has called on water companies to spell out plans for how they will cut the harm they cause to rivers in England. Parliament passed...

Aquaspira delivers eco friendly solution to Dalkeith social housing project

Aquaspira has delivered an innovative sustainable drainage strategy, designed to reduce 315 cubic metres of excavation and saving around 20 days of construction time,...

Grundoram central to pioneering culvert expansion

The project managers of a new housing estate in Barnstaple, Devon identified that the capacity of a 600mm concrete culvert on the site was...

Non-household Market Improvement Fund now open

The second round of the non-household market’s Market Improvement Fund (MIF) is now open and accepting bids. The MIF, which MOSL is facilitating on...

Engineers must commit to a global responsibility, says Stantec’s Vaishnavi Balachandran

We spoke with Vaishnavi Balachandran, a talented young design engineer in Stantec's water business. Here are her thoughts on the responsibility placed upon the...

Variable speed actuation opens up new application opportunities

Valve actuators are often misconceived as relatively simple devices that perform a straightforward function. There are, however, significant opportunities and substantial savings available to...

Ofwat recommends further investigations into green solutions that could help reduce chalk stream abstraction

Ofwat has recommended that ring-fenced funding continues to be used for further investigations into four strategic regional water resource solutions in England – with...

Major investment to tackle flooding in Dunblane, Scotland making progress

Scottish Water's £3 million investment project to deliver essential improvements to the waste water infrastructure in Dunblane, Perthshire is well under way. These major...

Ambitious partnership plan to manage flood risk in South Yorkshire

Councils and environmental organisations across South Yorkshire are launching an ambitious plan to reduce flood risk and tackle the climate emergency head on. The Connected...

The importance of wastewater treatment solutions for HS2

The HS2 project will be one of the most environmentally responsible infrastructure projects in the UK. As a result the project has an incredibly...

SuDS Tips: Stuart Crisp talks to Water Magazine to provide tips for below ground attenuation storage

A qualified civil engineer, Stuart Crisp has been at the forefront of construction and a specialist in drainage systems for over 35 years. He...

The benefits of flow control within the water industry

The involvement of flow control within water industries can be split into two main areas: potable water and wastewater. Both areas are essential in...

Marsh launches specialist Civils division

UK manufacturer Marsh Industries has launched a specialist division, Marsh Civils, to focus on the company's activities in industrial water/wastewater storage and treatment. Steve Boyer,...

Welsh Water opens award-winning apprenticeship programme for 2022

Welsh Water, the only not-for-profit water company in England and Wales, has arguably one of the strongest apprenticeship programmes in Wales. It has a...

VEGA ushers in a new era in level sensing with the radar sensor VEGAPULS6X

VEGA has announced the introduction of a new level radar sensor that can measure in virtually every conceivable application, meaning users no longer have...

Gearing up to remove dumped cars from Paisley Reservoir

A highly complex operation to remove nine old cars abandoned in a reservoir in Gleniffer Braes Country Park in Paisley is underway. The illegally dumped...

Construction of new long sea outfall gets underway in County Down, NI

NI Water is set to begin the construction of a new long sea outfall at Ballyferris this month, as part of an ongoing programme...

Water company and museum pumped up for educational programme delivery in Essex

Essex & Suffolk Water’s educational programme, Powered by Water, will be delivered to around 2,000 pupils and children visiting for events over the course...

HP Nanda joins Grundfos as Executive Vice President & Divisional CEO, Water Utility

Grundfos has announced the appointment of HP Nanda as Executive Vice President and Divisional CEO, Water Utility. He assumes the role on 1 March...

Second reading in the House of Commons today for bill to prohibit plastic in wet wipes

Fleur Anderson's bill to prohibit the manufacture and sale of wet wipes containing plastic had its second reading in the House of Commons last...

25 years of Protecta-line, protecting our drinking water supply

Aliaxis, the global solutions provider, is celebrating 25 years of its Protecta-Line range: the original barrier pipe and fittings system for the safe transportation...

Lake District Reservoir partnership sets bar for landscape strategy

United Utilities and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been working together at Haweswater Reservoir over the last ten years...

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