Yearly Archives: 2023

Yorkshire Water installs 21 water quality devices on river Wharfe

Yorkshire Water is installing 21 water quality monitors along stretches of the river Wharfe in a trial to better understand factors impacting the river...

Identifying poor assets and inefficient pumps

Despite the soaring prices brought on by an energy crisis that shows no signs of diminishing, ask pump and blower operators about the efficiency...

MGISS partners with Leica Geosystems to drive a data-centric approach for Asset Managers

MGISS, one of the UK’s leading geospatial technology companies, has signed a partnership agreement with Leica Geosystems to drive a data-driven approach to the capture,...

Water and sewage companies in England apologise for sewage spills and launch massive transformation programme

Water and sewage companies in England have apologised for not acting quickly enough on sewage spills. To put things right, industry plans to make the...

Work begins on Yorkshire Water’s £180m storm overflow reduction plan

Yorkshire Water has announced it will invest £180m in reducing discharges from storm overflows in the next two years.  The plan is targeting overflows that...

GeoPlace helps the Geospatial Commission to launch a new digital map of underground pipes and cables

GeoPlace has provided expert resource to support the creation of the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) which is being launched by the Geospatial Commission,...

Mabey Hire offers dedicated team to support AMP7

Recognising the importance of AMP7 for the UK’s water infrastructure, Mabey Hire, the UK temporary works specialist, has invested in a dedicated AMP7 team,...

Rare Norfolk chalk stream improved for people and wildlife

The River Yare, a rare chalk stream, has had a range of improvements to benefit wildlife and improve water quality. Woody debris from trees was...

Stable water supply to be restored to Kent island by end of month after support from leading consultancy

A complex project to restore a stable water supply to an island off the Kent coast is set to be finished by the end...

Yorkshire Water pipe resilience project awarded £3.3m in latest Ofwat innovation competition

An initiative, called Designer Liner, which could reduce leaks and burst water pipes across the country has received £3.3m in funding from Ofwat’s Innovation...

Northumbrian Water wins funding boost to aid innovation projects

Northumbrian Water has secured more than £6m to progress four exciting innovation projects, set to improve its service for customers and help protect the...

Flood & Water Management Expo launches national environmental survey

ROAR B2B, organiser of Flood & Water Management Expo, has announced the launch of the National Environmental Services Survey. The survey, a key highlight of...

West Sussex wetland to boost water quality and help drive down storm overflows into Chichester Harbour

A brand new wetlands scheme in a West Sussex area will help Southern Water in its efforts to reduce storm overflows into Chichester Harbour...

Brett Landscaping advises on UKs largest SuDS scheme

Brett Landscaping and Severn Trent Water have been working on the UK's largest sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) scheme. The £76m project, to reduce flood...

Ofwat’s enforcement capacity bolstered with £11m funding increase from HM Treasury

Ofwat's enforcement capacity is set to be trebled, following the approval of an £11.3m funding budget increase from HM Treasury. The additional funding will see...

Ofwat award farmland water “battery” storage and leak-detecting broadband cables in latest innovation competition

Farmers could soon be reimbursed for creating water storage ponds or water “batteries” as part of an innovative drought-prevention project that has today (16...

Dr Bastien Dieppois, Assistant Professor in Water and Climate Change, Coventry University, discusses the challenges facing water industry stakeholders

Dr Bastien Dieppois, Assistant Professor in Water and Climate Change, Coventry University - Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, discusses the challenges facing all...

Royal HaskoningDHV partners with ABB as preferred supplier to provide standardized solution for its Nereda wastewater treatment technology

ABB has been selected by Royal HaskoningDHV as a preferred global automation supplier for its Nereda® Technology, a sustainable and cost-effective wastewater treatment solution...

Norton Rose Fulbright advises on financing of Codelco water supply project

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a consortium, consisting of Marubeni Corporation and Transelec, on the development and financing of an independent...

Northumbrian Water recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for third year

Northumbrian Water has been named one of the UK’s “Best Workplaces” for the third year running. Great Place to Work® UK has included the...

Huge new water main network in East of England opens new pipelaying front

Pipelaying has started on another section of Anglian Water’s huge new multi-million-pound water main network. The first 800mm steel pipes were installed near Welby,...

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