Yearly Archives: 2024

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...

Water Company News

Thames announces proposed transaction to extend its liquidity runway

Thames Water Utilities Limited has announced a proposed transaction to extend its liquidity runway, including up to £3.0bn of new money in addition to...

Industry News

Marsh Industries launches unique sequential batch reactor sewage treatment plant and phosphate reduction system

Marsh Industries has launched a unique sequential batch reactor (SBR) sewage treatment plant and phosphate reduction system, the Marsh Nutra-Lite and Marsh Phos-Lite. When combined,...

Insight & Opinion

IN FULL FLOW: Maximising smart meter data

With smart meter installations set to increase fivefold, how can utilities maximise the insights the data can provide, asks Ruth Clarke, head of digital...

Insight & Opinion

Objectively Speaking: Data, data, everywhere…

This Month, Oliver Grievson, Associate Director AtkinsRéalis and Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter, considers the benefits of the...

Product News

Wastewater flow compliance achieved at Fowey

Here at Water magazine, we are constantly looking for projects that have overcome challenges in ways that could benefit others. Focusing on flow measurement...

Insight & Opinion

SuDS Tips: Stuart Crisp and Jo Bradley explore how SuDS can help meet water management requirements – Part 1

In the first of a two-part article, Stuart Crisp, Advanced Drainage Systems and Jo Bradley, Stormwater Shepherds, consider the role of SuDS in managing...

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