United Utilities working round the clock to save 'sick' treatment works
Engineers at United Utilities are working round the clock to save a sick wastewater treatment works in High Peak.
Balfour Beatty facing £150m profit shortfall
Balfour Beatty has warned that it is facing a £150 million profit shortfall in its latest trading update ahead of its results for the half-year ended 26 June 2015 which will be announced on 12 August 2015.
United Utilities assembles 450-strong team for Haweswater Aqueduct inspection
United Utilities is assembling a 450-strong team for its upcoming inspection of the Haweswater Aqueduct in September.
Thames Water warns watering gardens adds up to £855K to Oxford’s monthly water bill
Thames Water has calculated that the extra water being sprayed by gardeners in Oxford in a bid to ‘save their lawns’ could be adding as much as £855,000 to the city’s monthly water bill and filling up to 10 Olympic swimming pools with water every day .
Scottish Water makes it free to phone from mobiles or landlines
Scottish Water has made changes to its phone number so it is now free to call from any line – mobiles or landlines.
Yorkshire Water aims to halve carbon emissions at new assets built by 2020
Yorkshire Water is aiming to halve carbon emissions at any new assets it builds by 2020 – one of six new carbon reduction targets which form part of the water company’s commitment to the Infrastructure Carbon Review.
Galliford Try construction order book more than doubles to £3.5 billion
Galliford Try’s construction order book has more than doubled to £3.5 billion, according to its latest trading update for the year ended 30 June 2015 published this morning.
Thames Tideway Tunnel wins top planning award
The £4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel is this year’s winner of the RTPI’s Silver Jubilee Cup, the UK and Ireland’s most prestigious planning award.
Interserve says UK construction conditions remain challenging
Interserve, the international support services and construction group, says that conditions in its UK Construction division remain challenging in its latest trading update published this morning.
Barhale Response creates new water industry alliance
New water industry firm Barhale-Response has opened for business in a ceremony at the company’s new purpose-built headquarters – and expansion plans are already in the pipeline.
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Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets. -
Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
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. -
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.
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