Interserve wins place on £40 Million Severn Trent framework
Interserve, the services, maintenance and building group, has secured a place on Severn Trent’s £40 million property framework, alongside two other contractors.
NI Water £1.8m investment in North Armagh could double customer base
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) is investing £1.8m in north Armagh by providing a new Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) with increased treatment capability.
Morgan VINCI joint venture to represent UK in European Environment Awards
Joint venture partners Morgan Est and VINCI Construction Grands Projets - two of the industry’s leading civil engineering contractors - are celebrating after hearing they are to be presented with a Green Apple Environment Award.
Stop emitting CO2 or geoengineering could be our only hope
The future of the Earth could rest on potentially dangerous and unproven geoengineering technologies unless emissions of carbon dioxide can be greatly reduced, the latest Royal Society report has found.
New £2M Wastewater Treatment Works opens in Londonderry
With some economists heralding the start of the upturn for the local economy, Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has announced the opening of its new £2m Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) in Park, Derry.
Balfour Beatty PLC publishes strong half-year profits
Balfour Beatty has reported a 14 per cent rise in pre-tax profit for the first half of the year - an adjusted pre-tax profit of £108 million for the six months to 27 June 2009 compared with £95 million last year.
Mouchel Group plc pre-close trading update “in-line with expectations”
In a pre-close trading update for the year ended 31 July 2009, Mouchel Group plc, said it anticipated reporting results in line with the Board's expectations.
South West Water – financial performance update
In its latest trading update Pennon Group Plc, owners of South West Water, said that financial performance since 31 March 2009 has been in line with management expectations.
Whitchurch benefits from Welsh Water £4.5million investment
Welsh Water has invested £4.5 million in a scheme to deliver environmental improvements to the town of Whitchurch.
Welsh Assembly reach new agreement with insurers on flooding
The Welsh Assembly Government has outlined new proposals to deal with flooding in Wales. The improvements were prompted by the flooding in Summer 2007.
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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. -
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.”
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply. -
United Utilities accelerates investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across Northwest
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