Chief Executive of the Environment Agency Philip Duffy has written to Ofwat Chief David Black regarding the Ofwat performance related executive pay (PRP) prohibition rules for water industry category 1 incidents which came into effect on Friday.
The Environment Agency convened a National Drought Group meeting yesterday to discuss the latest outlook – the expert group was told England has now experienced driest March, April and May since 1893.
Anglian Water has launched a preliminary market engagement exercise inviting suppliers to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) in an upcoming contract for the maintenance of dosing equipment for phosphorus removal.
South West Water reduced storm overflow spills by 97% last year at one of its highest spilling sites in Cornwall as it continues to drive improvements in spill numbers across the region.
Following a successful trial by Severn Trent of an innovative new technology developed by French firm SUEZ to help detect potential problems in its sewer network, the water company now intends to purchase the devices and recruit a team of operators. The SewerBall® technology helped Severn Trent engineers detect potential problems in its network of sewer pipes up to three times more quickly than by using traditional methods.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water invested a record amount of £629 million during the last year of AMP7 in its water and wastewater networks, a 31% year-on-year increase to maintain and improve its assets according to the company’s interim financial results for 2024-25.
Peel Ports, which owns and operates six of the UK's most important ports and also operates a container terminal in Dublin, has awarded a number of general construction and marine construction frameworks worth an estimated £750 million.
Yorkshire Water has installed 232 free sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) into schools across the county to help prevent storm water discharges to watercourses by slowing the flow of rain entering the sewer network.
The Government has granted Ofwat new powers to block water companies from paying bonuses to CEOs and CFOs – the new rule will come into force tomorrow to ban unjustified executive bonuses in the water sector.
MPs on the cross-party House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) are calling on the Government to ban damaging activities such as bottom trawling in certain protected areas of England’s waters, in a report published today.
In a TV show that will explain the complex journey of the wastewater treatment process, Lakeside Equipment Corporation is set to feature in US Public Television’s All Access program with Andy Garcia.
Environmental Services & Solutions (ESS) Expo, the UK’s largest environmental event, has released the full speaker programme for its 2025 event, which now features seven shows spanning all corners of the environmental sector, under one roof at the NEC Birmingham.
We are exhibiting at WWEM – Water, Wastewater and Environmental Management Expo, which is one of the eight exhibitions taking place at the NEC, Birmingham 17-18 September 2025 as part of ESS Expo 2025. Please come along and visit us at Stand WW-S60.
Publication of the Independent Water Commission’s Final Report, alongside new legislation and updated national standards, marks a major turning point in the wider adoption of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) by water companies and developers, according to Alex Stephenson, director, SuDSPlanter.