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Regulation and Legislation
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 |
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The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has written to water companies and other stakeholders with further guidance on water quality issues for the upcoming Periodic Review of Prices (PR09).
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Company News
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 |
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is to hold public exhibitions setting out plans for two of its upcoming investment schemes.
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Contracts
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
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Glasgow-based HBS Construction Limited has won the contract to build a new anaerobic digestion facility at Cumbernauld for Scottish Water.
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Water Issues
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
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The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) does not believe that eco-towns are the right solution to achieving zero-carbon communities.
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Company News
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
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A £7 million investment programme from United Utilities will deliver major improvements to an old cast-iron water pipe in Knowsley and Liverpool.
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Regulation and Legislation
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
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Avonmouth company, Sevalco, was last week ordered to pay £13,314 in fines and costs after the main oil delivery pipe to its factory sprang a leak and polluted a tributary of the River Severn.
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People and Places
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
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The Consumer Council for Water Central and Eastern Committee will be discussing how water companies plan to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, when it meets on Wednesday 29 October in Milton Keynes.
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Regulation and Legislation
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) has today released its annual report on Scottish Water’s performance in delivering its investment programme.
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Contracts
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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South West Water have submitted detailed plans to North Cornwall at Lowermoor Water Treatment Works. for The work, worth £500K, is being handled by agents Black and Veatch Ltd.
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Contracts
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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Scottish Water are planning a £3.63 million upgrade of Pateshill Water Treatment Works - Black and Veatch Ltd. is the contractor.
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Water Issues
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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Seven global groups, including the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, have joined forces to set up the Water Footprint Network, with the aim of working towards a common approach to water footprint measurement, accounting and reporting.
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Company News
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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Water industry regulator Ofwat has taken steps to ensure that United Utilities improves sewers in Penketh, Great Sankey and Whittle Hall.
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Regulation and Legislation
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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The Government intends to auction 4 million allowances at the first EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) auction in the UK on 19 November 2008.
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Company News
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
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A joint venture between international advisory and design consultancies Hyder Consulting and Faber Maunsell | AECOM has been appointed by Severn Trent Water to advise on its five-year £2.9 billion capital investment programme starting in 2010 (AMP5).
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Water Issues
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
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The EU-15 should meet its collective target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 8 % for the period 2008–2012. Part of this decrease will come from emission reduction projects that EU countries will finance in other countries, according to a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Regulation and Legislation
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Friday, 17 October 2008 |
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Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband yesterday committed the UK to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% on 1990 levels by 2050 as a major contribution to a global deal on climate change.
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Company News
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
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Scottish Water are due to start work on a £1.1 million project at Broughty to upsize sewers in order to alleviate internal flooding of customer properties.
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Company News
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
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Northumbrian Water is to invest £900,000 to construct and upgrade 880 metres of sewer pipe in Wideopen as part of essential improvement work in North Tyneside to reduce the risk of flooding for residents.
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Regulation and Legislation
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
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Yorkshire Water have paid out almost £10,000 after pleading guilty in Beverley Magistrates Court to polluting Beverley and Barmston Drain, after 11,000 litres of diesel leaked from a corroded pipe.
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Company News
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water last week completed of over £10m of investment upgrading two of its wastewater treatment works, to deliver environmental and economic benefits to Barry and Cardiff.
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Company News
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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The European Investment Bank (EIB), the long-term lending arm of the European Union, is lending £100 million to Dwr Cymru Welsh Water for a series of water supply and wastewater treatment schemes across Wales.
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Contracts
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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Gritit Limited has won Thames Water winter gritting services contract for visible leaks throughout the winter season.
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Contracts
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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Rwe Enpower plc has concluded a framework agreement with Thames Water for the recycling of liquid biosolids from a number of Sewage Treatment Works (STW) within its wastewater operational boundaries and for the intersite transfer of biosolids between sewage treatment works.
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Regulation and Legislation
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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The Government Response to the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Report on the Implementation of the Nitrates Directive in England has now been published.
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Water Issues
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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According to reports in yesterday’s Guardian and Daily Telegraph newspapers, China is planning to build a string of new dams in southern Tibet to boost its electricity supply.
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Company News
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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Residents in Kingston will benefit from a new flood relief scheme due to start on 20 October 2008 to protect them from sewer flooding.
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Water Issues
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Tuesday, 14 October 2008 |
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The UK Met Office, in association with HSBC Global Markets and other partners, has announced an agreement to provide weather and climate change information to fund managers through the creation of a Climate Change Research Facilitation Programme.
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Regulation and Legislation
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Tuesday, 14 October 2008 |
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Havering Magistrates’ Court has fined Brett Lafarge Limited £12000 plus £4114 costs for an offence contrary to section 85 (1) of the Water Resources Act 1991.
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Regulation and Legislation
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Tuesday, 14 October 2008 |
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Customers in Scotland are reaping the benefits of better customer service from Scottish Water, with its overall performance improved for the second year running.
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KochMembrane
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Monday, 13 October 2008 |
 Koch Membrane Systems GmbH has been selected to provide modules for a membrane bioreactor system (MBR) and reverse osmosis (RO) equipment to a new production plant being installed in Nowra, New South Wales.
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