Monthly Archives: November, 2024

Appointments

Paul Knight joins Pump Supplies as Regional Operations Manager

Pump Supplies Limited has announced the appointment of Paul Knight as the company's new Regional Operations Manager. Paul, who will be based at the company's...

Water Company News

SES Water uses smart technology to predict water demand, in partnership with Royal HaskoningDHV

SES Water has announced the successful completion of a pilot project using advanced smart technology - a machine-learning algorithm called Opir - designed to...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Ofwat launches new standards to improve services for customers who need extra help

Ofwat has set out new standards expected of water companies for how they should operate, grow and maintain their priority services registers (PSR) of...

Awards, Charity & Funding

Costain and WSP to develop AI-powered data analytics platform

Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, in partnership with WSP, has been granted funding by Northumbrian Water to develop a new AI-powered platform designed to...

Market Analysis & Research

Microplastics and PFAS – combined risk and greater environmental harm

The combined impact of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ is more harmful to the environment than single chemicals in isolation, a new study shows. Researchers at the...

Water Company News

Southern Water unveils plans for new water recycling plant on Isle of Wight

Southern Water is planning to create a new sustainable source of water for the Isle of Wight to help keep taps and rivers flowing,...

Industry News

Emerson and Nozomi Networks extend relationship to help secure critical power and water processes worldwide

Global software and technology leader Emerson and Nozomi Networks, a leader in OT (operational technology) and IoT (Internet of Things) security, have announced they...

Water Company News

Work on £1.9m upgrades at East Sussex wastewater treatment works set to start

Construction is almost underway on improving Halland Wastewater Treatment Works in East Sussex – as part of ongoing efforts to drive down storm overflow...

Appointments

WSP appoints Paul Reilly as President & Managing Director, UK & Ireland

WSP, one of the world's leading and largest professional services firms, has announced the appointment of Paul Reilly as President & Managing Director for...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Natural Resources Wales to change its structure to either stop or scale back certain services

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has announced plans to change its structure so it can either stop or scale back certain services. Following extensive consultation with...

Insight & Opinion

Building resilience through an intersectional approach to climate change adaptation

While there’s no doubt climate change is a universal challenge affecting us all, it certainly does not affect us all equally. We know marginalised...

Water Company News

Severn Trent again named as a top 10 employer for social mobility

Severn Trent has again been named as a top ten employer for its efforts in providing work opportunities for all and taking strides to...

Awards, Charity & Funding

EPG’s Phil Williams a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators

Having spent his entire career as an engineer with a passion for sustainable water management, dedicating time and energy contributing to industry guidance and...

Event News

Market development through innovation in the European PVC Pipes sector

Regulations impacting the European PVC pipes sector, market challenges for the industry and advances in technical performance were presented at the third PVC4Pipes conference...

Water Company News

Innovative alternative to septic tanks is a European first for United Utilities

United Utilities has become the first water company in Europe to introduce an innovative low carbon, chemical-free wastewater treatment process for use at small...

Water Company News

Sewer sealing work underway to protect West Sussex village from flooding

Southern Water is continuing its major programme of works to protect homes from flooding and protect their network from the impacts of groundwater entering...

Market Analysis & Research

2 in 5 households say they will find it difficult to afford water bill increases

Two in five households across England and Wales say they will find it difficult to afford the increases to water bills being proposed by...

Environmental News

Professor David Hannah asks what the role of higher education institutes is in addressing the global climate crisis

The goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels remains theoretically possible. 1.5C is alive – but only just. Achieving this...

Insight & Opinion

Clean up half-hearted approach to PFAS regulation to protect public health and our environment

As MP Munira Wilson reads her Private Members Bill on PFAS, we can now confidently say that health concerns surrounding these so-called ‘forever chemicals’...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Company prosecuted for failing to complete reservoir safety works

The Environment Agency has prosecuted a Midlands company which failed to safely maintain Ward’s Reservoir in Lancashire, putting residents in nearby Belmont at risk. At...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Island management company given £600 penalty for Loch Broom silt pollution

Summer Isles Enterprises Limited, based in Wiltshire, has been served a Fixed Monetary Penalty (FMP) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) after the...

1...345 6 Page 4 of 6