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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