Monthly Archives: September, 2023

Insight & Opinion

SuDS Tips: Regular columnist Stuart Crisp looks at looming legislation for SuDS

In January 2023, the Government announced plans to finally implement Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, which will make the...

Insight & Opinion

Data analytics builds organisational resilience in backup power systems

Electrical assets are important to the everyday functioning of an organisation, none more so than at waste or clean water treatment works where many...

Insight & Opinion

Tackling the challenges of AMP8 and beyond

Mark Pye, Director for Strategic Advisory, Aqua Consultants, discusses the considerations for procuring, delivering, and making a step change as we head into the...

Insight & Opinion

Telling Tales – Designing infrastructure for people

“So what are you going to do with that?” asked the manager of the IT suite at Edinburgh University as I completed the dissertation...

Awards, Charity & Funding

Puraffinity, the PFAS removal specialist, raises $13.9m in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures

Puraffinity, which develops precision technology for the removal of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across multiple water treatment applications, has raised $13.9m in Series A funding. The...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Government announces £25 million funding for projects using nature to increase flood resilience

Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has announced a £25 million fund to be invested in projects that use nature to protect communities from flooding. The ring-fenced...

Environmental News

Bee-killing pesticides found at wildlife-threatening levels in rivers around the country

Wildlife campaigners are warning that harmful neonicotinoid pesticide levels can be found in rivers around England, according to new research published today. The warning comes...

Environmental News

Housing estate pollution sanction sees environment charity get funding boost  

A housing construction company and its contracted engineers will donate a total of £135,000 to the Aire Rivers Trust after polluting Pitty Beck multiple...

Awards, Charity & Funding

Bentley Systems announces the finalists of the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced the finalists of the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. The annual awards program...

Market Analysis & Research

Scottish Water tops British Water’s annual water company performance survey

A strong performance on contractual approach, collaboration and communication have catapulted Scottish Water to the top of the 2023 annual water company survey carried...

Market Analysis & Research

Latest UKWIR projects available for expression of interest

UKWIR (UK Water Industry Research) is now seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from expert partners or consortiums able to deliver targeted research projects tackling...

Water Company News

SES Water completes major resilience work early directly benefitting 27,000 homes in the Purley area

SES Water has successfully completed crucial improvement works early in Surrey, which required the closure of a section of the A22 Godstone Road in...

Water Company News

£10m upgrades for North East water supply and the environment

Northumbrian Water is investing £10m in upgrades at a water treatment works (WTW) that will help improve resilience and quality of the water supply...

Environmental News

Work begins on the Bude flood scheme improvements

The Environment Agency reached a milestone in the improvement of the £1.45m Bude flood alleviation scheme with construction set to start. The Crescent Flood Defence...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Government responds to House of Lords report on the water industry

Defra has responded to the letter from the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee to the Environment Secretary. The letter contained a number...

Appointments

Northumbrian Water Group appoints new CFO

Northumbrian Water Group has appointed Matt Williams as its new Chief Financial Officer. Matt brings a wealth of finance experience from a variety of industries...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Water leakage detection specialists Larsen Water Management acquired by RSK Group

RSK, a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions, has announced the acquisition of Larsen Water Management, an Irish company with 30 years’...

Event News

Registrations now open for UKWIR’s fourth annual conference

Registrations are now open for UKWIR's fourth annual conference, which will be held in London on 30 November 2023. The event will explore the importance...

Environmental News

Weevil could be key to tackling damaging plants in Yorkshire

A pond in Barnsley has become the latest site to test a new approach to tackle one of the country’s most prolific and damaging...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Lords criticise Government’s ‘lack of leadership and deep-rooted complacency’ following water industry inquiry

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has criticised the Government’s “lack of leadership and deep-rooted complacency” in the conclusion to its follow-up...

Appointments

Mott MacDonald strengthens ‘systems thinking’ team

Mott MacDonald has appointed Heather Marshall as Technical Principal in the company’s Water Consultancy systems thinking business. The team helps clients integrate their interventions across...

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