Water companies are now legally required to produce annual pollution reduction plans for the first time, using detailed instructions published today - failure to publish plans will be a criminal offence for companies and their CEOs.
The Environment Agency has today published its annual report on the environmental performance of England’s nine water and sewerage companies during 2023 – the data show that the majority of companies continue to underperform.
Pennon Group has released an upbeat trading statement for the year ending 31 March 2024 – although the owners of South West Water, Bristol Water, Bournemouth Water and SES Water has acknowledged that it has had to reprofile its target of achieving overall 4 star EPA status from 2024 to 2025.
Southern Water has published a comprehensive plan that demonstrates its commitment to reducing pollution incidents and helping to improve the environment.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.