Monthly Archives: March, 2025

Scottish Water completes £675,000 solar scheme in Bathgate

Scottish Water has completed a £675,000 solar scheme at its waste water treatment works in Bathgate, as part of its drive to reach net...

Environment Secretary Steve Reed to set out government ambition to end sewage discharged into Windermere

Environment Secretary Steve Reed has pledged to ‘clean up Windermere’ setting out the Government’s support for the long-term ambition of ‘only rainwater’ entering England’s...

Scotland’s drier than normal winter signals risk of water scarcity this summer

Scotland’s Environment Protection Agency, SEPA, has warned that despite intermittent wet spells, most of the country has recorded below-average rainfall over winter following a...

Pennon maintains commitment to championing gender equality in leadership roles

Pennon has again been ranked third in the prestigious FTSE Women Leaders Review 2025 report. Following the celebration of International Women’s Day on Saturday 8...

Water woman award for world-leading expert at Andel

A world-leading environmental chemist at Andel has won an award for her work in water sustainability and environmental protection. Devakunjari Vadibeler, won the ‘Water Woman...

£835k investment to reduce discharges from Marton storm overflow underway

Yorkshire Water is investing £835k at a storm overflow in Marton, near Pickering, to reduce the number of discharges into the river Seven, improving...

80 Years of developing water professionals

The Institute of Water (IWater) has celebrated its 80th anniversary this year, marking eight decades of supporting and developing professionals in the water sector....

£250,000 investment in Essex water supply

Work has started on a £250,000 project to protect the quality and resilience of drinking water for people in Essex. Essex & Suffolk Water is...

Northumbrian Water, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, Anglian Water and Wessex Water next to be questioned by MPs on their environmental and financial performance

The EFRA Committee is to hold further evidence sessions next week as part of its Reforming the water sector inquiry, quizzing the executives of...

Women-in-water’s voices must be heard

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2025, Perminder Atwal, HR business partner at Xylem, discusses experiences of working in water with her...

‘Net zero needs more women in climate tech,’ says Solivus CEO Jo Parker-Swift ahead of International Women’s Day

Ahead of the upcoming International Women’s Day taking place on 8th March, Jo Parker-Swift, CEO and founder of Solivus, has highlighted the gender imbalance...

Royal HaskoningDHV acquires Arch Henderson, strengthening its maritime position in Scotland and globally

International consulting engineering company Royal HaskoningDHV has acquired Scotland-based maritime engineers Arch Henderson. The company said that by bringing Arch Henderson onboard, Royal HaskoningDHV will...

Building bridges on the Droitwitch Canals

Removing and installing canal footbridges is not an easy task. So, when contractors Griffiths were tasked with replacing two old bridges on the Droitwich...

Welsh Water announces funding for Swansea’s Cerebra Innovation Centre

Cerebra Innovation Centre (CIC) in Swansea has been awarded a £5,000 grant from Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water’s Community Fund. The money has been used to...

Floating reedbed launched in Wanstead Park to help improve water quality

A floating reedbed has been launched on Heronry Pond in Wanstead Park, on the East London-side of Epping Forest, to create additional habitat for...

Leo Quinn to step down from Balfour Beatty board after 10 years as Group Chief Executive

Balfour Beatty plc, the international infrastructure group, has announced that Leo Quinn will step down from the Board later this year, after over 10...

In real-time sewer control, we trust

The importance of building trust in real-time controls systems for sewer networks was recently explored in a roundtable at World Water-Tech, hosted by Chengzi...

River Yare receives £282,000 for creation of floodplain wetlands

A £282,000 project is set to create a healthier, more dynamic and resilient river and floodplain habitat along the River Yare in Norfolk. The...

South West Water invests £260,000 to reduce storm overflow spills in North Devon

South West Water has invested £260,000 in North Devon as part of its continued focus on reducing the use of storm overflows across the...

More than £14m spent to help improve water quality near Chichester

Two of Southern Water's treatment works near Chichester have had major work carried out to improve water quality and reduce storm overflows. Lavant Wastewater Treatment...

Minister Muir makes new CNCC appointment

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has appointed Sara McCracken as the new Deputy Chair of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC). The CNCC...

Manchester scientists develop ‘molecular trap’ to clean pollution from water

Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a new material that could help reduce water pollution caused by harmful chemicals, such as from...

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