Morgan Est wins £21m Welsh Water contract
Morgan Est, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure specialists, has won a £21 million contract to build two new Advanced Digestion Plants for Welsh Water.
£4m upgrade to water infrastructure in Belfast city centre
The £80m Water Mains Rehabilitation Programme, to upgrade the water infrastructure across Northern Ireland, will soon commence in Belfast city centre.
NI Water unveils new £3m pumping station in Lisburn
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has unveiled its new £3m Huguenot Drive Wastewater Pumping Station in Lisburn.
New wastewater treatment works for Toome
Ballymaguigan Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) on the outskirts of Toome has been given a major overhaul by Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) as part of its £10m Rural Wastewater Investment Programme.
Mouchel to lead water industry review of ‘smart’ metering
Consulting and business services group Mouchel has been appointed by UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) to lead an industry-wide review in to smart metering.
South West Water fined after sewage pollution on beach
South West Water has been ordered to pay £3,883 in fines and costs following a sewage spill at St Agnes, Cornwall that resulted in pollution of a nearby beach.
Household water initiative saves 2 million litres a year
An Essex and Suffolk Water customer from Chelmsford has won a Red Letter Day worth £200 by taking part in a project that will save over two million litres of water a year.
Big water bill for pollution
Yorkshire Water has been landed with a £36,000 bill after admitting polluting the River Wharfe with effluent over a six month period.
Bachy Solentache to make workforce cuts
Bachy Solentanche, one of the UK’s leading geotechnical specialists, is seeking to make more than 15% of its 510-strong workforce redundant.
Llanbradach flooding scheme completes
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has completed its investment scheme to help alleviate the risk of flooding to properties in the Llys Cambria and Coed y Brain areas of Llanbradach.
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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
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