The Environment Agency is continuing work on its largest ever criminal investigation to date into potential breaches of environmental permit conditions by all water and sewerage companies discharging into English waters.
Yorkshire Water has started work to reduce discharges from a storm overflow on Bradford Road in Keighley, Bradford, as it continues its work to improve the health of rivers in the region.
All WaSCs (water & sewage companies) are under increasing scrutiny relating to unauthorised discharges to watercourses. The task they now face is an eye watering number of stormwater overflows that need addressing in the coming years.
The Environment Agency is consulting on a proposal for HMNB Devonport naval base to change the way it disposes of rainwater contaminated by trace amounts of radioactivity at its Plymouth dockyard.
The Environment Agency is seeking feedback from the community and national stakeholders on applications for three environmental permits required for operation of the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station.
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.
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.