Yorkshire Water began work yesterday on a nature-based wetland in Ilkley, marking the next step of a £60 million investment to improve water treatment and the water quality of the river Wharfe.
Southern Water has completed multi-million pound wastewater treatment works upgrades to improve water quality at three West Sussex wastewater treatment works - more than £13 million of improvements have been completed at its Forest Green, Balcombe and Ashington wastewater treatment works.
NI Water’s recently completed Foyle Street Network Upgrades recently received a BREEAM Infrastructure rating of ‘Very Good’, recognising the sustainability-led approach taken throughout the delivery of the essential £4.2 milion water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades on Foyle Street, followed by the reinstatement of the Foyle Street Car Park in Derry/Londonderry last year.
The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) has gone out to tender with a contract for the provision of consolidated IT services with an estimated total value of £144,000.
Yorkshire Water has awarded an AMP8 contract for contingent labour services with an estimated total value of £50 million.
Northumbrian Water has awarded the final Lot in a contract for the supply of energy and gas across around 1,853 operational sites which went out to tender with a total estimated value of £780 million (inc VAT).
United Utilities has extended the deadline for tenders for an AMP8 contract for a Mechanical Services framework with a total estimated value of £57.6 million (inc VAT).
Last Mile has secured a major multi-utility contract for a landmark airfield redevelopment - Last Mile will help bring 6,500 new homes, five schools, and a range of commercial premises to the Waterbeach redevelopment in Cambridgeshire.
The government has announced that hundreds of England’s most threatened native wildlife are to be protected from extinction, thanks to the largest ever government funding for threatened species.
Severn Trent has installed a huge 60 tonne bridge over the River Derwent to Matlock Sewage Treatment Works as part of a £20 million Severn Trent investment in the town - a stunning timelapse video has shown the feat of engineering with a huge crane erected to pick up the 120ft-long bridge and lay it safely across the water to the site.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.