Monthly Archives: July, 2023

Flood storage area better protects 1,400 Birmingham properties

The Environment Agency has completed a £50 million flood risk mitigation scheme to better protect more than 1,400 properties - including 950 homes -...

Six trends shaping the world’s water planning needs

The water crisis has been cited by the World Economic Forum as one of the main threats to the planet. We cannot afford to...

Yorkshire Water hygiene business makes a splash with new tech

A Yorkshire-based water hygiene firm has recently launched a new remote water monitoring service that is set to increase turnover by over 30% thanks...

Securing resilient water supplies for south-east England

A comprehensive exercise to plan water resource management into the 2070s and beyond involved assessing more than 2000 possible interventions, with up to 80...

United Utilities wins international health and safety accolade from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

United Utilities has scooped a prestigious award for consistently demonstrating its commitment to health and safety excellence for more than a decade. The North West’s...

Yorkshire Water sources renewable energy supply through agreement with Shell Energy

Yorkshire Water has entered into a 10-year power purchase agreement with Shell Energy Europe Limited to buy renewable energy generated by the Thanet and...

Esh-Stantec progresses County Durham wastewater treatment works upgrade scheme

A £6.4 million scheme, which will extend and upgrade Northumbrian Water’s wastewater treatment works in Kelloe, County Durham, is progressing following joint venture, Esh-Stantec,...

Emerson strengthens data management tools and integrates analytics with asset management software

Emerson, a global software and engineering leader, is helping process manufacturers improve performance and sustainability by breaking down the data silos that make it...

Global environmental protection specialist supports natural flood management project

Employees from one of the UK’s leading developers of specialised leak detection and environmental protection systems, Andel, have installed natural flood management across three...

Thames Water shareholders agree to provide a further £750 million of equity funding in AMP7

Thames Water shareholders have agreed to provide a further £750 million of equity funding in AMP7, with the acknowledgement that significant additional funding will...

Yorkshire Water and Fera research could ‘revolutionise’ sewage management

Yorkshire Water is funding Fera Science Limited to deliver a three-month preliminary research programme to determine the ability of black soldier fly larvae to...

SUEZ and Anglian Water announce performance pilot with AQUADVANCED® Energy in Ely, Cambridgeshire

SUEZ and Anglian Water have announced the start of a performance pilot project to be conducted in three phases in Ely in the United...

Water utilities must use innovative digital solutions to optimize surging infrastructure investment

Governments, municipalities and system operators of water and wastewater systems are facing unprecedented challenges in managing their assets, due to financial constraints, aging infrastructure,...

WEG publishes guide for ecodesign legislation

With the next set of changes to the ecodesign legislation for electric motors looming, WEG, a leader in electric motor technology, has published an...

Southern Water invests millions to improve water quality in Hampshire

More than £8m of work is set to begin at Ashlett Creek Fawley Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) to help improve water quality, reduce storm...

Ammonia removal success leads to equipment purchase

Wastewater treatment technology hired to provide enhanced ammonia removal at a village works has been purchased permanently by Wessex Water. The water utility, which serves...

Installation complete at Masterton, New Zealand of wind powered Accel-o-Fac® System

Following study and planning by both New Zealand local officials and Gurney Environmental, the company installed an Accel-o-Fac® wastewater treatment system that includes SERIES...

Veolia Water Technologies secures water production for Ezz Steel, saving freshwater from the Nile river

In water-scarce Egypt, major industrial players have been looking for ways to reduce their water consumption. Ezz Steel, one of the leading steel producers...

Keeping the environmental protection flowing in rural Somerset

Multi-million pound investment to ensure significant new protection for rivers, streams and brooks in west Somerset will begin this autumn. More than £12 million is...

Nick Joicey appointed as a new second Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced the appointment of Nick Joicey as a new second Permanent Secretary. Nick is currently...

Thames Water apologises for the pollution of the Gatwick Stream and River Mole

Following a £3.34m fine at Lewes Crown Court on 4 July 2023, after pleading guilty to a pollution incident in West Sussex that caused...

Samuel Loyson highlights SUEZ expertise at the Global Smart Water Metering Conference

Samuel Loyson, Head of Smart Metering at SUEZ, addressed industry experts and guests at the recently concluded Global Smart Water Metering Conference earlier this...

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