Yearly Archives: 2024

Business for Nature report calls for nature-positive action amid risk of global water shortages

By 2025, two thirds of the world’s population could face water shortages and natural ecosystems may be further compromised if nature-positive action is not...

RSK welcomes strategic investment from Searchlight Capital Partners and Ares Management

RSK Group Limited, a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions, has announced it has entered into an agreement to receive a £500...

Business Stream announces new Non-Executive Director

ONE of the UK’s largest water retailers has strengthened its board with the appointment of a new Non-Executive Director. Andrew Taylor, who has more than...

Northumbrian Water completes its procurement in preparation for AMP8

Northumbrian Water has completed its AMP8 framework procurement with the appointment of 33 new partners to help deliver its £3.6bn AMP8 capital investment programme. The...

Competition and Markets Authority clears Sutton and East Surrey Water merger with South West Water

The Competition and Markets Authority has published its clearance of the merger of Sutton and East Surrey Water with South West Water, following the...

Environment Agency responds to BBC investigation into potential dry spills

The Environment Agency has responded to the BBC's investigation into England’s water companies discharging sewage when the weather is dry. The investigation suggests 6000...

Three key documents updated by BPF Pipes Group, to assist with designing and specifying safe and secure PE water pipe networks

Design consultants now have everything they need for specifying safe and secure polyethylene (PE) water pipe networks, with the updating of three key documents...

UK businesses take swipe at the credibility of carbon offsetting schemes

Businesses across the UK have expressed concern at the credibility and transparency of carbon credit offsetting schemes. In a report presenting the outcomes of the...

ABB’s new SDe Series to boost plant reliability and efficiency with seamless automation system upgrade

ABB has launched the ABB Ability Symphony® Plus SDe Series, a portfolio of hardware products to modernize existing process control system installations. The new series...

Arqiva strengthens technology team with two new appointments

Arqiva, a leading global communications infrastructure and media services company has announced the appointments of Caroline Cardozo as Director of Product, and James Lelyveld...

Association for Consultancy and Engineering publishes plan for next government

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering, the voice for consultants in the built and environmental industries sectors, has published A Plan for the Next...

Wave strengthens team with two senior hires

National water retailer Wave, has appointed two new key hires, marking an important phase in its growth. As the business introduces its new Operations Directorate,...

£8 million clarification process and £4 million carbon addition upgrade completed at Derg Water Treatment Works

NI Water has announced the recent completion of 2 projects totalling approximately £12 million, which involved the construction of a new £8 million clarification...

Barhale to upgrade water delivery capacity for Corby

The upgrade of a key Anglian Water asset in Corby will pave the way for future residential development in the Northamptonshire town where the...

Investment to upgrade County Durham sewage treatment

Work is underway on a project to upgrade a County Durham sewage treatment works (STW). Northumbrian Water is investing £830,000 in the work at...

Anglian Water installs new sewer pipe to connect new homes in Kennett

Anglian Water’s @one Alliance has begun to install 2km of sewer pipe to serve new homes in Kennett, Cambridgeshire. The project, which represents an investment...

“Ofwat has failed – we need a new regulator”, GMB congress hears

The water industry has been the topic of discussion at the GMB Union's annual conference in Bournemouth this week, as union members call for...

Welsh Water fined £90,000 for polluting River Wye near Hereford

The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted Welsh Water Ltd for breaking conditions of an environmental permit at a sewage treatment works near Hereford between...

Barhale awarded £21M West London shaft upgrade scheme

Civil engineering, infrastructure and tunnelling specialist Barhale has been selected by Thames Water to deliver a £21M strategic investment in the Thames Water Ring...

Esh Construction secures place on Northumbrian Water ‘Ecosystem’ Framework

Northumbrian Water has named Esh Construction as an ‘ecosystem partner’ for a new framework that will support the delivery of the AMP8 capital investment...

New national research project to focus on Essex saltmarsh

The Environment Agency will be monitoring an Essex saltmarsh as part of a new UK-wide research project. The new project has seen the installation...

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