Wetland restored and 55km of river opened at Billingham Beck
Work on a project to restore wetland habitat, open up 55km of river for fish and introduce natural flood management measures at Billingham Beck...
AMP8 delivery requires data for nature approach
A data-driven approach coupled with greater use of nature-based solutions offers a promising path for UK water, says Ryan Pearson, head of strategy at...
Major progress in plan to reduce tidal flooding in Cardigan
Plans to reduce tidal flooding in the Strand area of Cardigan, West Wales, have reached a significant milestone with the appointment of specialist consultancy...
Shifting Shoreham shingle to reduce Lancing coastal flood risk
Bulldozers are back on the beaches again to carry out vital shingle replenishment work throughout January between Shoreham and Lancing. This work will help...
Quharity Burn returned to natural state to boost biodiversity and local flood resilience
A 500-metre stretch of the Quharity Burn has been restored to return the river to its historical course using nature-based solutions implemented on the...
Binnies awarded place on United Utilities’ network modelling framework for AMP8
Binnies, a leading water and environmental engineering whole life cycle services provider, has been awarded a position on United Utilities’ AMP8 network modelling framework....
Humber defences project reaches new milestone
The Environment Agency’s £29m Stallingborough 3 sea defence improvements project between Immingham and Grimsby has reached a significant milestone.
90,000 tonnes of rock amour protecting...
Floods Minister and Environment Agency hold further meeting to bolster flood response and recovery
Floods Minister Emma Hardy convened a further meeting with Environment Agency Chief Executive Philip Duffy this week to discuss the nation’s response to the...
QuantCube and CNES announces completion of flood risk digital twin prototype
QuantCube Technology and French space agency, CNES, have announced the successful delivery of a sophisticated flood warning and risk mapping prototype, the SCO FloodDAM...
The Rothen Group prevents the Grand Union Canal and the River Soar from merging
Overflows from an adjacent river into the Grand Union Canal had increased water pressure in one of the waterway’s locks, damaging nearby banks and...
Floods Minister Emma Hardy meets with Environment Agency and urges caution following rain over New Year
Floods Minister Emma Hardy has met with staff from the Environment Agency to discuss the response to the New Year downpour, as heavy rain...
River levels begin to ease as Scotland recovers from heavy Hogmanay rainfall
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has begun to remove regional Flood Alerts and localised Flood Warnings, which had been issued after widespread river...
Water companies to be forced to double compensation for failures
The Government has confirmed that water customers around the country will benefit from significantly higher payments to compensate them for water company service failures.
Following public...
Environment Agency publishes major update to national flood and coastal erosion risk assessment
The Environment Agency has published new data showing 6.3 million properties across England are based in areas at risk of flooding from one or...
Anglian Water to install new equipment to prevent flooding in Suffolk
Anglian Water’s @one Alliance is due to begin work in the Suffolk village of Holywell Row to increase the capacity of the sewer network,...
Scottish Water installs 1000 new sewer monitors
Scottish Water has installed more than 1000 new sewer monitors across its waste water system as part of a £500m programme of investment to...
National Highways improving A38 safety with drainage scheme in Cornwall
National Highways is progressing with a scheme which will improve safety for motorists on the A38 in Cornwall.
In recent years, the A38 at Notter...
EAC to examine flood resilience as homes and businesses recover from more flooding misery in recent weeks
Flooding events bring misery to communities: and it appears to be getting worse.
Records are being broken with Storm Babet, in October 2023, causing some...
State of the art pumps installed at Loch Eck water plant to combat flood risk
Work is under way to replace ageing dry well pumps at Scottish Water’s Loch Eck clean water plant in Dunoon. To improve reliability and...
Xylem pumps bolster Rotherham flood resilience
The centre of the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire suffered significant flooding following extreme rainfall in June 2007 and November 2019, affecting hundreds...
Commission’s new report highlights vital steps to increase Wales’ flood resilience
The National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW), has revealed its latest report — “Building Resilience to Flooding in Wales by 2050”.
The report presents bold...
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