Yearly Archives: 2024

Ballyholme Beach Study extended to investigate winter water quality

A new study to investigate water quality at Ballyholme Beach in Bangor has been extended until February 2025 to better understand water pollution in...

Echo Managed Services appoints Hayley Monks as new MD

Echo Managed Services, a part of South Staffordshire Plc, has announced the appointment of Hayley Monks as its new Managing Director, following an external...

Refurbishment fuels environment and energy hopes at Poole

A £30 million refit at one of the south of England’s most important water treatment sites is closing in on completion later this year,...

Landmark agreement in Scotland to put consumers at heart of future water investment and charging

Consumers, communities and the environment will be central to the forthcoming Strategic Review of water charges under a new joint agreement. A new Memorandum of...

United Utilities announces 13 more partners for record investment proposals

United Utilities has announced partners for a further two frameworks as it prepares for the largest investment in water and wastewater infrastructure in the...

Witches Oak Water Treatment Works design complete and construction advancing at pace

MWH Treatment has completed the detailed design for Severn Trent Water’s state-of-the-art Witches Oak Water Treatment Works in Derbyshire, with civil construction substantially complete...

Stantec opens new Belfast office to support continued success

Stantec, has opened its new Belfast office to support an increasing number of colleagues and its market expansion across Northern Ireland. In the city’s culturally...

Supplier engagement success at Sustainable Water Connect Event

NI Water and Invest Northern Ireland recently hosted a Supplier Engagement Event in Belfast. The event saw participation from over 350 representatives spanning local,...

Global award shortlisting for Jersey Water’s leadership and management

Jersey Water has been shortlisted for an Investors in People award for leadership and management. The utility is one of five companies to be chosen...

Environment Bank welcomes new Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Revenue Officer to the leadership team

Environment Bank, a Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) provider, has announced the strategic expansion of its leadership team with the appointments of Jonathan Lydiard-Wilson as...

Crackdown on water companies sees inspections surge in South West

The crackdown on water companies to improve water quality has seen nearly 500 inspections carried out by Environment Agency officers in the South West...

Northwich flood defences tested ahead of winter

The Environment Agency has carried out a large-scale training exercise in Northwich as part of a winter preparedness programme to make sure it is...

Country’s largest fish pass officially opened in Nottinghamshire by Alan Lovell, Chair of the Environment Agency

The Environment Agency’s £12m flagship project in the Colwick Country Park was officially opened last week by Chair of the Environment Agency, Alan Lovell. It...

Xylem analytics platform wins smart monitoring award

An integrated software and analytics platform helping water utilities to reduce combined sewer overflows has been recognised at the Water, Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring (WWEM)...

United Utilities announces new programme of activity to accelerate spill reductions at a further 700 sites across the North West

United Utilities has announced a new programme of activity to accelerate spill reductions at a further 700 sites across the North West. A dedicated team...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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