South West Water starts work on £2m flood alleviation scheme
Work starts this month on a major flood alleviation scheme in Colebrook, near Plympton where up to 47 homes have suffered from flooding from watercourses, sewers and surface water.
Severn Trent Water plans £15m network upgrade for Stafford
Severn Trent Water is to invest £15million in upgrading both its water and wastewater networks in Stafford.
Northumbrian Water starts work on £1.6M flood protection scheme
Northumbrian Water is starting work next week on its £1.6 million scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to 20 homes in Jarrow.
More consultation on Bristol Water plan for second reservoir
Sedgemoor Council has asked for more information regarding Bristol Water’s planning application to construct a major new reservoir and issued a formal Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation 22 request.
Reservoir pollution costs Severn Trent Water £35K
Severn Trent has been fined £25,000 and ordered to pay £10,267.05 in costs, along with a £15 victim surcharge, for pollution of the Messingham Reservoir.
South East Water applies for water abstraction increase
South East Water has made an application to the Environment Agency made to increase abstraction at one of its groundwater sources by 25% annually.
Cambridge Water tops water sector consumer satisfaction survey
Cambridge Water has topped a new Consumer Council for Water survey which looks at customer satisfaction in the water industry.
Galliford Try expects to outperform on profits forecast
Housebuilding and construction group Galliford Try plc has said it expects to outperform current analysts' predictions on profit for the full year ending 30th June with the publication this morning of its latest Interim Management Statement.
Upsurge in Skanska UK revenues in the first quarter of 2014
Skanska UK’s construction business has seen revenue growth around in the first quarter of 2014 15% higher than the average quarterly rate in 2013 - in the first three months of the year £361 million of orders were booked.
Veolia partners with UK Government to engage more women in STEM careers
Veolia has signed up to the Government's'Your Life' campaign, an initiative from the Department for Business Innovation & Skills to help encourage more female students into STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) career paths.
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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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