Cambridge Water’s new state-of-the-art water treatment plant at Fowlmere was officially opened by The Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chris Smith, former Chair of the Environment Agency, on Thursday 16 May.
Via its alliance partnership Eight2O, Thames Water has awarded a design and build contract to leading international water and wastewater solutions provider ACWA Services for a new state-of-the-art Ion exchange Nitrate removal plant at the company’s Upper Swell water treatment works in Gloucestershire.
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.
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.
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.