Water Company News
S&P Global Ratings further reduces Thames Water Utilities Finance PLC’s debt rating
Following the announcement by Thames Water of a proposed liquidity extension transaction, S&P Global Ratings has further reduced Thames Water Utilities Finance PLC's debt...
Water Company News
Scottish Water opens state-of-the-art new waste water treatment works in Winchburgh
The construction of Scotland’s lowest carbon new waste water treatment works, to support the future of one of the country's fastest-growing communities, has been...
Environmental News
Minister Muir announces Northern Ireland’s 2024 bathing water results
Northern Ireland’s bathing waters have continued to perform well in 2024 despite the rather gloomy, wet summer. All 26 identified bathing waters in Northern...
Environmental News
‘Source-to-sea’ approach needed to clean up Scotland’s marine litter
Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) is calling on the Scottish Government to embed a ‘source-to-sea’ approach into future policy and legislation to tackle the marine...
Mergers & Acquisitions
M Group Services completes deal to acquire BGEN Ltd
M Group Services has completed the acquisition of BGEN Ltd and its subsidiaries, one of the UK’s largest independent technical engineering solutions businesses with...
Environmental News
Plant eating beetle helps to improve river in West Wales
A project to restore the Cleddau River SAC in Pembrokeshire has been using a herbivorous beetle to control an invasive species.
The Azolla weevil (Stenopelmus...
Product News
New DX235RTF-7 Tunnelling Excavator from DEVELON
DEVELON, formerly called Doosan Construction Equipment, has launched the DX235RTF-7 Tunnelling Excavator, a new extension to the company’s line-up of Special Application machines.
The DX235RTF-7...
Government, Policy & Regulation
UK takes leading role at UN Biodiversity COP16 conference announcing ambitious international package to protect and restore nature across the world
The UK has taken a leading role at the UN Biodiversity COP16 conference announcing an ambitious international package to protect and restore nature across...
Government, Policy & Regulation
Two companies prosecuted for Worcestershire brook pollution caused by a series of human and corporate failings
A prosecution by the Environment Agency has resulted in the conviction of two companies for causing trade effluent to pollute three kilometres of a...
Mergers & Acquisitions
OCU acquires Peter McCormack & Sons Ltd, specialists in trenchless solutions throughout the UK and Ireland
OCU Group, a UK energy transition and utilities infrastructure services company, has announced the completion of the acquisition of Peter McCormack & Sons Limited...
Industry News
Land Recovery earns Environment Agency flood defence contract
Land Recovery, part of Aggregate Industries, has been awarded a sole contract with the Environment Agency for major incident response management across England and...
Water Company News
Severn Trent partners with Nectar360 to launch industry first water usage incentive scheme
Severn Trent has launched a new incentive scheme in partnership with Nectar360, which owns and operates Nectar, rewarding customers for adopting a smart meter...
Environmental News
Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment
Innovative approaches to flood and coastal resilience taken by the Environment Agency, local authorities and local partners are helping to unlock significant wider social,...
Awards, Charity & Funding
South West Peatland Partnership scoops gold in global awards for its positive impact on the environment
A group of forward-thinking organisations, including South West Water, has won gold in the 2024 Global Good Awards for its work to restore peatlands...
Appointments
Puraffinity appoints new Chief Technology Officer
Puraffinity, which develops precision technologies to remove toxic “forever chemicals” perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water, has appointed Jessica Middlemiss as Chief Technology...
Insight & Opinion
Staying above water: can pension trustees navigate the challenges of Ofwat?
Mike Birch, Independent Trustee at Vidett and former Director of Supervision at The Pensions Regulator (TPR), addresses the financial turbulence within the water sector,...
Environmental News
Historic east london filter beds restored via civil engineering specialists
Boosting biodiversity efforts, work has completed to restore the wetlands area of Middlesex Filter Beds in Lee Valley Regional Park, decades after the former...
Water Company News
How new ‘agile’ SAFs ARE helping Severn Trent to reduce storm overflow spills
Severn Trent is rolling out pioneering ‘portable sewage treatment systems’ as part of a £450m programme to reduce storm overflow spills.
The water company is...
Event News
Floodex UK, the National Drainage Show and the Waterways Management Show are just around the corner
Floodex UK, the National Drainage Show and the Waterways Management Show are due to take place at ExCeL, London, on the 27th and 28th...
Event News
Aquatech China 2024: Where innovation meets opportunity in the heart of Asia’s water industry
Mark your calendars for December 11-13, 2024, as Aquatech China, a premier water technology trade show in Asia, returns to the Shanghai New International...
Awards, Charity & Funding
Welsh Water first in the sector to achieve gold status award for technology skills
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is first in the sector to achieve the BCS, Chartered Institute for IT, gold award for its commitment to developing...
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