Profits up at Thames Water, social tariffs set up a year early
Thames Water's pre-tax profits have risen to £259.3m in 2013/14 from £144.9m in 2012/13, according its latest financial results published today.
Bristol Water gets planning approval for new £125m Cheddar reservoir
Bristol Water has gained planning approval to build a new £125m reservoir next to the existing one in Cheddar, Somerset.
Anglian Water puts plans for new £4.5m Mattishall water treatment works on display
Anglian Water is putting plans for a new £4.5 million water treatment works due to be constructed near to Mattishall, Norfolk on display today for local residents and businesses.
Defra approves South East Water water resource plans for next 25 years
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has finally approved South East Water’s outline Water Resource Management Plan for the next 25 years.
Yorkshire Water awards £6.6m bill payment contract
Yorkshire Water has awarded a contract for post office counter services to take customer payment for bills.
Cleaner Seas for Sussex scheme wins RICS Award
Southern Water’s ‘Cleaner Seas for Sussex’ scheme, in which Costain and its 4Delivery partners MWH and Veolia Water were the principal contractors, has won Project of the Year at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards South East.
Environment Agency accepts first Enforcement Undertaking from water company
The Environment Agency has accepted an Enforcement Undertaking (EU) offer from Wessex Water Services Limited, in the first case where a civil sanction has been used for an offence committed by a water company.
Moody's: Government specification of Thames Tideway Tunnel is key step for project
Credit ratings agency Moody's says that today's announcement by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that the Thames Tideway Tunnel project is being specified under the Water Industry(Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013 is a key step towards implementation of the project.
Thames Water pays back £86m to customers
Ofwat has today welcomed Thames Water’s agreement to pay a package worth £86 million to customers and the communities it serves, following Ofwat’s investigation into the company’s reporting of sewer flooding data in 2010.
Severn Trent Water to invest £13m in new anaerobic digestion plant – and more plants planned
Severn Trent Water is investing £13 million to build a new anaerobic digestion plant for food waste at its Coleshill Sewage Treatment Works.
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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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