Thames Water has today appointed Turner & Townsend Project Management Ltd, supported by Laing O’Rourke Delivery Ltd and Nichols Group Ltd, to assist with the development of new water supply schemes.
Thames Water’s has launched a public consultation on its proposals for a new reservoir near Abingdon in Oxfordshire– the nationally significant infrastructure project that is vital to securing the South East’s future water supply.
The UK’s largest water company has secured planning approval for a reservoir embankment trial which will inform design plans for a proposed reservoir near Abingdon.
Thames Water is hosting a series of consultation and community engagement events to share and discuss its plans to provide a secure and sustainable water supply for the next 50 years.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
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.”