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£1.3M investment to protect against sewer flooding in Middlesbrough

Northumbrian Water is investing £1.3M to increase the capacity of the sewers in Middlesbrough, where it will be upgrading 165 metres of its network. Work...

Thames Water installs glass reinforced plastic lining into Stratford sewer as part of £70 million upgrade

Thames Water has announced the first section of GRP lining has successfully been installed in the NOS at Stratford High Street, marking a pivotal...

SEPA’s online service simplifies registration process for small sewage discharges

Registering a septic tank or small sewage discharge in Scotland just got easier thanks to changes to the authorisation process implemented by the Scottish...

Southern Water awards four new contracts valued at £540 million

Southern Water has awarded contracts to three companies across four new contracts to boost wastewater network performance across the South East region. The total value...

Thames Tideway takes top prize at the ITA Tunnelling Awards 2024

At the recent ITA Tunnelling Awards, held in Genoa, London's Thames Tideway took the top prize in the Major Projects category. The 25km long...

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...

Scottish Water launches first online overflow map, showing near real-time data from waste water overflows

Scottish Water’s first online overflow map, showing near real-time data from waste water overflows across the country, has been launched and is now live...

Food companies ordered to pay over £265,000 for severe sewer abuse offences

Thames Water has been cracking down on sewer abuse in the food industry, with two companies ordered to pay a combined total of £262,500...

OEP investigation concludes Defra, EA and Ofwat failed to comply with environmental law in relation to sewage discharges

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has concluded that there have been failures to comply with environmental law by the Department for Environment, Food...

ICO calls for all water companies to publish sewage discharge data

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on all water companies to proactively publish information relating to sewage discharges each month.   Water companies have a...

Super sewer progress: 850,000 tonnes of sewage captured after heavy rain, latest data shows

New data recently published shows the impact of London’s new super sewer on the River Thames. The new tunnel network, which combines the 25km Thames...

Lining up more protection of precious Exmoor

More than £450,000 is being invested to boost the protection of one of the south west’s most precious landscapes this winter. Sewers will be revitalised...

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...

Anglian Water teams find 28,000 tonnes of unflushables in the sewers this year

Data collected by Anglian Water shows that people across the East of England wrongly disposed of 2,800 tonnes of unflushable items last year creating...

Scottish Water served £6,000 civil penalty for polluting Dunfermline burn

Scottish Water has been served a civil penalty of £6,000 by Scotland’s environmental regulator for breaching a condition of its licence after a discharge...

Ofwat and CCW issue warning after customers whose homes were hit by sewer flooding feel let down and abandoned

New research by Ofwat and the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), that questioned customers whose homes were flooded with sewage, shows wastewater companies must...

Energy & Utility Skills invites reviews to help shape national standards for sewerage and drainage maintenance

Energy & Utility Skills is inviting employers, training providers and professional bodies to review the revised Sewerage & Drainage Maintenance National Occupational Standards (NOS). NOS...

Sewer sealing work underway to protect West Sussex village from flooding

Southern Water is continuing its major programme of works to protect homes from flooding and protect their network from the impacts of groundwater entering...

South West Water prevents over 370,000 litres of fats, oils and grease from entering the region’s sewers

South West Water is working to keep the region’s sewers free from unwanted fats, oils and greases in a bid to reduce blockages. It’s estimated...

Gates open on London’s new super sewer

London’s super sewer, designed to protect the River Thames from sewage pollution well into the future, has now been turned on.  Valves, which operate like...

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