Enfield Council awards £2 million water and sewerage services contract to Wave Utilities
The London Borough of Enfield has awarded a contract for the supply of water and sewerage services to business retailer Wave Utilities with an estimated total value of £2 million (excluding VAT).
RSE - female led team delivers landmark £72 million water treatment upgrade
A female delivery manager at water technology firm RSE is driving innovation in the water industry as work nears completion on what is set to become the world’s largest ceramic membrane treatment plant.
Yorkshire Water to start work on more AMP8 mains replacement upgrades
Yorkshire Water is getting ready to start work on two more mains replacement upgrades as part of its £8.3 billion AMP8 investment programme.
Ofwat Water Innovation Implementation Programme awards funding to eight finalists in Regulation 31 challenge
Eight finalists are set to receive £50,000 each from Ofwat’s Water Innovation Implementation Programme to explore the expansion of UK-based Regulation 31 testing capabilities.
Northern Ireland Water tenders £7.2 million contract for supply, maintenance, modifications and hire of generators
Northern Ireland Water has gone out to tender with a contract for the supply, maintenance, modifications and hire of generators with a total estimated value of £7.2 million including VAT.
Thames Water extends deadline to tender for £70m AMP8 contract for digester inspection and refurbishment works
Thames Water has extended the deadline to tender for a wide-ranging AMP8 framework contract for digester inspection and refurbishment works with an indicative total estimated value of £70 million including VAT.
Yorkshire Water awards AMP8 framework contract for actuators supply and maintenance
Yorkshire Water has awarded an AMP8 framework contract for actuators supply and maintenance.
Everflow named as one of seven delivery partners in Ofwat’s “Water Efficiency Lab”
Everflow has been named as one of seven delivery partners in Ofwat’s “Water Efficiency Lab” WIN Initiative – other partners include Aviva, Direk, Waterwise, Wates Group Ltd, Weir The Agency LLP and the University of Southampton.
Scotland’s public sector saves over £4 million in water costs in past financial year
Scotland’s public sector has saved over £4 million in water costs in past financial year - the record savings have been delivered through a long-standing national framework partnership with one of the UK’s leading water retailers.
Thames Water issues Twelfth Consent Requests to access further £213 million in funding
Yesterday Thames Water issued its Twelfth Consent Requests to secure further funding of £213.49 million – eight days after the company announced that its Eleventh Consent Requests for £200 million had been approved.
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Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
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.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
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