Work starts on Southern Water’s £63m Woolston WWtW upgrade
Work is starting this week on the £63 million redevelopment of Southern Water’s Woolston Wastewater Treatment Works.
Balfour Beatty warns on financial risk if Parsons Brinckerhoff sale falls through
A circular issued by Balfour Beatty to its shareholders is warning that the group could be at risk of financial default if they fail to approve the sale of Parsons Brinckerhoff – but also warns of risks if the sale gets the go-ahead.
Ofwat rejects Bristol Water mediation request on £203m PR14 cost gap
Water industry regulator Ofwat has rejected a request by Bristol Water to enter into mediation facilitated by a confidential body on the £203m totex ‘gap’ for wholesale water costs in the firm’s revised business plan.
Thames Water trebles size of Scottish retail operation
Thames Water Commercial Services has trebled the size of its Scottish operation in a bid to seize a greater share of Scotland’s £330million non-household water retail market.
Job cuts at Severn Trent Water - up to 500 jobs will go
Severn Trent Water has announced that around 500 jobs will go following changes made to its operating model and executive team structure in August.
Galliford Try: strong competition from new entrants for AMP6 work puts "significant pressure on prices"
Galliford Try has flagged up strong competition from new entrants for work on AMP6 programmes as leading to significant pressure on prices in its Annual Report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2014 published today.
Royal BAM Group announces 650 jobs to go in business restructuring
Royal BAM Group nv has set out details of the Back in Shape programme for the improvement of its operational and financial performance, including around 650 job cuts out of a total 9,700-strong workforce in the Netherlands.
Scottish Water completes £multi-million infrastructure investments
Scottish Water has completed three £multi-million infrastructure projects in recent weeks worth £10m in total.
Employee’s innovation idea could see company-wide adoption by Costain
An innovative solution submitted to the CostainMWH Severn Trent Water AMP5 Framework team award scheme is under consideration for company-wide adoption by Costain.
Northumbrian Water pursues SuDS solutions to flooding
Northumbrian Water has announced details of another scheme incorporating a sustainable urban drainage solution to flooding.
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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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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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