Yorkshire Water to start work on £73.5 million investment to improve Rotherham’s rivers
Yorkshire Water is starting work this week on the first of 27 projects, totalling an investment of £73.5 million in the Rotherham area to reduce sewer discharges into watercourses across the region, with a new storm overflow project at Lord Street.
Scottish Water to start work on £12 million Stewarton flood defence and CSOs
Scottish Water is starting work on a multi-million-pound, multi-project package of investment to alleviate sewer flooding in Stewarton, East Ayrshire.
Uisce Éireann - €114m landmark Athlone Main Drainage Scheme reaches major milestone
Uisce Éireann, working in partnership with Westmeath County Council, has in recent weeks, passed crucial milestones in the delivery of the Athlone Main Drainage Scheme.
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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.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise. -
Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
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