Almost 200 homes in Dorset have been safeguarded from flooding thanks to a programme of works to improve the county’s sewerage system.

Monsal, the UK’s leading advanced digestion technology business that turns waste into renewable energy, has secured £14 million of expansion capital from Waste Resources Fund L.P (WRF), managed by FourWinds Capital Management, an investment management firm that specialises in natural resources and commodities.

Morrison Utility Services, the leading service provider in the UK and Ireland utilities sector, has published its end-of-year accounts for the year ended 31 March 2010 revealing a confirmed order book value of £1.5 billion, and up to £2.9 billion if existing contracts are extended.

Yorkshire Water and its contract partners Mott MacDonald Bentley have confirmed work is progressing well on the £750,000 project to repair a stretch of sewage pipe which runs along Whitby Harbour.

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure Group, has published its latest financial results for the half-year ended 26 June 2010.

South West Water has started work on a £2.2 million flood defence scheme to protect Exeter's water supply.

Jersey Colours Ltd has been fined nearly £10,000 for exceeding the colour limit in its trade effluent consent with Severn Trent Water.

Construction group Morgan Sindall has warned it will be “fighting hard to stand still” for the next two years as a result of cuts in public sector spending on construction.