Yearly Archives: 2024

Water Company News

Work complete on upgrades to water for over a million people in Essex

A £14m project that will enhance the resilience and quality of drinking water for more than a million people across Essex has been completed. Essex...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Average water bills to increase by around £2 per month

Water UK has announced that average water bills will increase by around £2 per month from April 2024. The trade association was keen to point...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Water companies urged to use profits to help bolster support for those struggling to pay

The Consumer Council for Water (CCW) has called for action from water companies on the same day Water UK confirmed the average household water...

Environmental News

Celebrating World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2 February to raise awareness about wetlands. This day also marks the anniversary of the Convention...

Awards, Charity & Funding

Pennon Group receives Fair Tax Mark for sixth consecutive year

One of the largest employers in the South West, Pennon Group, has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark for the sixth year in a...

Appointments

Groundforce appoints new engineering director

Shoring specialists Groundforce Shorco has promoted their Head of UK Engineering Design, Oliver Smith, to Engineering Director. In his new role as director of engineering,...

Market Analysis & Research

Significant emission reductions possible through global water sector, new research reveals

4% of the world’s carbon emissions could be saved within the global water sector, initial findings from research commissioned by WaterAid’s Resilient Water Accelerator...

Market Analysis & Research

Distilling industry wastewater could create green hydrogen, Heriot-Watt scientists find

Wastewater from the distilling industry could be used to produce green hydrogen – a type of sustainable fuel – using materials developed by scientists...

Water Company News

Yorkshire Water to reduce storm overflows in Scarborough with £2.8m investment

Yorkshire Water is set to invest £2.8 million in its network in Scarborough to reduce the number of discharges into the sea. This work will...

Industry News

Hoist & Winch designs and manufactures outdoor-specification tandem-lifting hoist for Environment Agency

Hoist & Winch Ltd recently supplied a special tandem-lifting hoist system as part of improvements to Environment Agency flood defence assets at Taplow Weir...

Environmental News

National Trust and Yorkshire Water’s nature-restoration programme receives £1million funding from the White Rose Forest

Landscapes for Water, an ambitious new programme of moorland restoration and woodland creation across the South Pennines by the National Trust and Yorkshire Water,...

Government, Policy & Regulation

Government launches new measures to halt and reverse nature’s decline

New measures have been set out by the Government to boost nature recovery on land and at sea. The new plans - announced one year...

Market Analysis & Research

Rivers are Life unveils global results of inaugural “State of Rivers Around the World” survey

Rivers are Life, a collective voice for global river ecosystems, in consultation with Louisiana State University (LSU), has revealed the multinational, multicultural, and cross-generational...

Market Analysis & Research

Customer research lifts the lid on sewage stink in Camberley

Ofwat and CCW have published the results of research into customers' experience of how Thames Water handled an incident in Camberley in 2023, in...

Industry News

Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research elevates aquaculture practices with Nuvonic UV technology

Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima), a renowned food science research institute in Norway, partnered with Øwre-Johnsen, a leading supplier of...

Industry News