Leading European engineering consultancy Grontmij has been awarded a £4 million contract for the programme and project management of Thames Water’s high profile Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) project.

The Amplio Group has acquired Environmental Water Systems (UK) as part of a continued expansion of Amplio Filtration, its water filtration subsidiary.

The latest Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index research shows that a increasing number of construction companies has made staff cuts ahead of next week’s comprehensive spending review.

Waterworks Europe, the European market leader of water supply valves and fittings has been sold by its parent company, Tyco International to private equity firm Triton.

Around £9.8 million is to be spent on further improvements to sewer overflows and the building of two tanks in Penwortham, Preston, a planning application submitted to Lancashire County Council by United Utilities has revealed.

The final part of a multi-million pound flood alleviation project for Carlisle is finished and ready for action.

Thames Water, Britain's largest water and wastewater company, has become the first British utility to be re-accredited with the Carbon Trust Standard.

Phosphorus, the diminishing key ingredient in fertiliser used to grow the world's food supply, is to be extracted from sewage on a commercial basis for the first time ever on British soil.