United Utilities invests £77 million in major upgrade for Burnley wastewater treatment works
United Utilities is investing £77.7 million at its wastewater treatment works in Burnley to help improve water quality in the River Ribble.
Treatment plant failure which led to sewage discharge into Essex river costs Anglian Water £591,000 in court
Anglian Water was fined a total of £563,609.21and ordered to pay £27,439.21 in costs last week after a treatment plant failure in 2018 let millions of litres of sewage into a river killing invertebrate and fish across 3 kilometres.
Northumbrian Water plans £6m scheme to improve bathing water
A £6 million scheme to ensure the bathing water at Saltburn passes tighter new European quality standards has been announced by Northumbrian Water.
Southern Water to invest £9m in upgrading treatment works
Southern Water is investing £9m to update its Morestead Road Wastewater Treatment Works in Winchester.
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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.” -
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.
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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- Arup on regional systems planning for the water sector: from ambition to delivery
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