Yearly Archives: 2024

Supply chain advocates can build community support

The 2025-2030 water resource managements plans (WRMPs), described by the Environment Agency as a step forward in ambition, set out many new approaches to...

Telling Tales – Cultivating inspirational language for nature

“It was enough to make one want to murder every engineer on the face of the earth!” exclaims the disaffected protagonist of Emile Zola’s...

European Institute of Innovation and Technology to launch new Knowledge and Innovation Community in water, marine and maritime sectors

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), part of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme, has announced it will launch a...

New report paints a concerning picture of the future of water resources around the world

A new report detailing the outcomes of the National Environmental Services Survey paints a concerning picture of the future of water resources around the...

Oxford to Cambridge Pan-Regional Partnership joins board of Water Resources East to help tackle regional water scarcity

The Oxford to Cambridge pan-regional Partnership (“the Partnership”) has announced that it has joined the board of Water Resources East. The water agenda is an...

Inaugural UK Water Week blends science, sustainability and storytelling initiative to educate and inspire children and young people

A new initiative, UK Water Week, was launched this month to educate and inspire children and young people about water conservation. The UN Water Week...

Europump attendees benefit from extensive updates on regulatory and standards related topics at 2024 annual meeting

Europump's 2024 Annual Meeting and General Assembly was held last month at the prestigious De Vere Beaumont Estate in Windsor, delivering three days of fruitful...

Team Northumbrian Water hike Hadrian’s Wall in “Walking for Water” challenge.

Last month, "Team Northumbrian Water" embarked on a challenging and impactful journey – an 85-mile sponsored walk along the length of Hadrian's Wall, a...

Innovation Festival ‘sprint’ to explore opportunities for delivering the lowest carbon AMP8 Programme

Esh-Stantec, Avove and Galliford Try have teamed up with Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) to launch a ‘carbon sprint’ at this year’s Innovation Festival. Titled ‘Disrupting...

Select Surveys joins LSBUD Group to advance the UK’s safest digging service

LSBUD, one of the UK’s leading online safe digging platform, has announced that Select Surveys Ltd is now part of the LSBUD Group, in...

South West Water recycles 80 tonnes of glass for innovative work on the Isles of Scilly

South West Water is bedding in new water pipes on the Isles of Scilly with crushed recycled glass from the islands to reduce its...

Avove has partnered with iNPIPE PRODUCTS to bring pioneering smart pig technology to the water sector

Delivering on a key part of its proactive sustainability strategy, leading capital infrastructure and engineering services company, Avove, has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership agreement...

Fuse raises £1.6m seed funding to develop innovative point-of-need diagnostic tests

Fuse Diagnostics has announced that it has completed an oversubscribed seed investment round – raising a total of £1.6 million from a syndicate of...

West Sussex civil engineering contractor, LG Wood, experiences success with new pipe bridge anti-climb solution

LG Wood Ltd (LGW), has welcomed Southern Water as an early adopter of its new pipe bridge anti-climb solution for water utility companies, the...

Water workers suffer machete attacks and broken jaws, poll shows

Almost half of water workers say abuse they receive has increased due to sewage dumping. A GMB survey, answered by almost 1,300 workers, revealed...

Mott MacDonald to support the Environment Agency make informed investment decisions 

Mott MacDonald has been selected to support the Environment Agency on its Mapping & Modelling Framework, for a period of up to four years....

Headliners announced for Innovation Festival 2024

Sporting sensations Ellie Simmonds and Steve Cram will be among some of the fantastic speakers topping the bill at Northumbrian Water’s Innovation Festival next...

German technology for safe drinking water treatment in Africa

Clean and affordable drinking water for all by 2030: this is one of the ambitious UN sustainability goals. Efficient water treatment is crucial, especially...

Preston and South Ribble flood scheme wins award

The Preston and South Ribble Flood Risk Management Scheme has won a Considerate Constructors Scheme 2024 National Site Award. The award was in recognition...

uvex launches profi pure HG, an innovative new safety glove

uvex, the safety equipment manufacturer, has unveiled its latest innovation: the uvex profi pure HG safety glove, engineered to deliver unparalleled grip in wet...

Top 20 countries for cleanest water – where does the UK rank?

According to a study revealing the top 20 countries with the cleanest water, the UK doesn’t even reach the top 50. The team at RS...

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