The Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW), the pioneering research partnership between South West Water and the University of Exeter, will showcase its latest research and innovation at the IWA World Water Congress in Glasgow this October.
The Forestry Commission has awarded a design and build works contract for a mains sewer connection with an estimated value of £1.268 million including VAT.

The connect is from the High Lodge Forest Centre to the mains sewer, approximately 2.4 km from the current discharge point. A Section 106 agreement with Anglian Water is already in place, and a preferred route for the connection has been identified.
The contract includes an optional element for the design and construction of an additional rising main, including associated pumps and ancillary equipment, from a new hub location at to High Lodge with a length of approximately 600 metres. The Forestry Commission may instruct the optional works element at its discretion, subject to the availability of funding.
Arthur Civil Engineering Limited has been awarded the contract, which runs from 16 September 2026 to 15 March 2027.
Wales’ Marine Energy Test Area (META), has secured a one-year investment from The Crown Estate, strengthening its position as a nationally significant asset for marine energy innovation.
The Government says it recognises that securing the long-term future of England’s water sector relies on continued private sector investment – despite the announcement by Andy Burnham yesterday of plans to remove the current cap on Government ownership of shares in water companies.
Yorkshire Water is starting work in Farsley this week on a £900,000 project to reduce storm overflows into the River Aire.
Thames Water Utilities Ltd and its subsidiary, Thames Water Super Senior Issuer PLC have launched a fifteenth set of consent requests seeking access to £170 million in further funding in October.
Anglian Water is undertaking early market engagement to inform its forthcoming procurement of Operational Technology (OT) Reseller Services. Via the engagement, the water company is seeking insight from the market to better understand supplier capabilities, service offerings, delivery models, and emerging innovations that can support the continued development and operation of its OT network infrastructure.
Dale Foster, Business Development Manager at HUBER Technology UK, explains why the latest addition of the HUBER Cold Air Dryer HPS® fills a critical gap for smaller wastewater treatment plants that lack external waste heat sources.
In the largest ever fine imposed for environmental offences in the region, South West Water has been fined more than £7.8 million in a case brought by the Environment Agency for environmental offences across Devon and Cornwall over a six-year period.
The Environment Agency has been given the green light for its £25 million Greatham North East Flood Alleviation Scheme - planning approval has now been granted by Hartlepool Borough Council.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.