Southern Water reports positive start to AMP8 and clear Delivery Action Plan to address areas of underperformance
Southern Water is reporting a positive start to AMP8 with further improvements delivered across a number of key operational metrics and a clear Delivery Action Plan to address areas of underperformance, according to its newly released unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2025.
Scottish Water tenders £800 million contract for Ceramic Membrane Programme
UPDATE: Yesterday Scottish Water issued an updated notice cancelling this procurement. The notice says "The Ceramic Membranes Programme has been put on hold and the advert will be re-released in due course."
Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a major £800 million contract – the water company is looking to appoint a strategic partner(s) to deliver Ceramic Membrane plants as part of its Ceramic Membrane Capital Investment Programme.
Severn Trent embarks on major engineering programme to reduce spills at 40% of active storm overflow sites
Following its £1 billion equity raise in October 2023, Severn Trent has unveiled its plan to deliver storm overflow solutions across 900 locations in the Midlands.
New report finds cost inflation-related disruptions and supply chain disturbances remain a challenge for infrastructure projects
A new report says cost inflation-related disruptions and supply chain disturbances in Europe, North America and APAC remain a challenge for infrastructure projects.
Northumbrian Water appoints Stantec as strategic technical partner for AMP8
Following a competitive tender process, Stantec, a global leader in sustainable engineering and design, has been appointed as a strategic technical partner by Northumbrian Water for the AMP8 period 2025-30.
Northumbrian Water Group tenders £152 million AMP7/8 contract for commercial and technical capital consultants
Northumbrian Water Group has gone out to tender with a contract for the provision of technical and commercial services relating predominantly to capital investment on both its infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects and programmes worth an estimated £152 million.
Solid results for Northumbrian
Northumbrian Water has posted a profit of £150m on turnover of £756.9m for the financial year ended 31 March 2013, its full-year results show.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
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.”
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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