Yearly Archives: 2023

Ofwat announces all Water Company business plans are in for 2025 to 2030

Ofwat has announced they have received all water company business plans for the 2025-2030 period. The five year price review is how the regulator determines...

Thames Water plans record investment to turnaround performance

Thames Water has submitted its business plan for 2025-30 to Ofwat as part of Price Review 2024 (PR24) following consultations with nearly 20,000 customers,...

Record £13.7bn investment in the pipeline for North West

UNITED UTILITIES has announced an ambitious £13.7 billion investment plan to deliver cleaner rivers, more reliable water supplies and extra support for customers struggling...

Yorkshire Water outlines its largest ever environmental investment with a £7.8bn plan for 2025-2030

Yorkshire Water has submitted plans to Ofwat as part of the Price Review 24 (PR24) process, outlining a £7.8bn investment across the region between...

Southern Water submits record £7.8 billion Business Plan to Ofwat, but states customer bills will have to increase

Southern Water has submitted their proposed Business Plan (Price Review 24) for the 2025-30 regulatory period to Ofwat, setting an ambition beyond anything attempted...

Wessex Water proposes record levels of investment

Wessex Water is proposing its largest ever investment in water and sewerage services to improve the health of rivers, reduce pollution and create around 2,000 extra jobs across...

Nextech tackles PFAS with innovative new removal technology

To help address the crucial issue of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) that contaminate drinking water, Nextech has been awarded a six-figure grant from...

Ofwat asks for a step change in performance and investment as water companies submit plans for the next price review period

On Monday 2 October, Water Companies submitted to Ofwat their plans for the next price review period from 2025-2030. The plans will be subject to...

Anglian Water launches whole life carbon approach

Anglian Water has successfully developed a whole life carbon and cost in design concept, having been granted funding under the Ofwat Innovation Fund. The...

Barhale appointed to upgrade North London water artery

Thames Water has awarded civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale a £16.8M contract to upgrade an important water trunk main running through the London...

£6.5 million flood defence scheme complete in Hexham

A £6.5million Northumberland scheme that reduces the devastating impact of flooding is complete. The Hexham Flood Alleviation Scheme better protects up to 90 businesses at...

Intelligent chemical dosing system achieves exclusive distribution

An automatically adjustable, portable chemical dosing system, developed for use in pipe commissioning, has secured sole distribution with pipeline equipment specialist AHS Pipeline Innovation,...

Preparations underway for £20m boost to Essex water supplies

Essex & Suffolk Water is preparing to start work on constructing a new 19.5km raw water pipeline that will add resilience to customers’ supplies...

Humber flood defences £29m upgrade begins at Stallingborough

A £29m project to manage the risk of flooding to people and major industry in north-east Lincolnshire is now underway. The Environment Agency scheme will...

AirAdvanced-ActiLayer: harnessing the full potential of photocatalysis for green wastewater treatment

Beyond the bustling facade of thriving cities lies the hidden world of wastewater treatment plants. These essential facilities, tasked with purifying our water sources,...

UK and NZ come closer on water knowledge

A new knowledge-sharing partnership is bringing the UK and New Zealand closer together on shared water challenges. WRc, a centre of excellence in water sector...

Aquam signs two standpipe hire contracts

Aquam Water Services has been selected to operate standpipe hire services on behalf of two New Appointments & Variations (NAVs) companies.  A NAV is a...

Southern Water invests nearly £2 million to improve water quality in West Sussex

Southern Water will begin work to increase the storm storage capacity at Balcombe Wastewater Treatment Works. The scheme, costing £1.8m, will also help reduce phosphate...

Managing variable wastewater flows from festival venue

Wastewater treatment technology from WCS Environmental Engineering is delivering enhanced ammonia removal at a village treatment works which manages seasonal flows and loads. Severn Trent’s...

Environment Secretary issues statement on Ofwat performance report

Following the publication by Ofwat of its Performance Report on the water sector, announcing that water companies will need to return £114m to customers...

All storm overflows now covered by plan to clean up waterways

Action to tackle sewage pollution and clean up waterways has been expanded, Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey confirmed this week.  All coastal and estuary storm overflows...

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