Thames Water awards contract to complete £17m Greenwich Trunk Main programme to Barhale
Thames Water has awarded Barhale the contract to complete the final leg of the £17 million Greenwich Trunk Main scheme, securing water supply and improving network resilience for Southeast London.
Thames Water tenders £139.8 million AMP8 contract for clean water network data logging & leak detection products
Thames Water has gone out to tender with a major AMP8 contract for Clean Water Network Data Logging & Leak Detection Products with an estimated total value of £139.8 million inc VAT.
Information Commissioner fines South Staffs Plc and South Staffs Water Plc nearly £1m following major cyber attack and data breach
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc (together South Staffordshire) £963,900 following a serious cyber attack that resulted in the personal information of 633,887 people being extracted and published on the dark web.
Internal Drainage Boards award £11 million-plus contract for Upper Thurne Construction Works to Bam Nuttall
The King's Lynn Internal Drainage Board, on behalf of the Water Management Alliance (WMA ), an unincorporated consortium of Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs), has awarded a contract for the Upper Thurne Construction Works - Package 2 with an estimated value of £11.359 million including VAT.
Severn Trent seeks supply chain input ahead of tendering AMP8 contract for Computer Aided Digital Design and Authoring Software
Severn Trent Water is seeking supply chain input ahead of going out to tender with an AMP8 contract for Computer Aided Digital Design and Authoring Software - the preliminary market engagement is intended to understand market capability across digital design and authoring disciplines.
University of Birmingham researchers way to remove toxic chemicals in wastewater using sunlight and molecular-thin catalysts
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated a new method to break down toxic pollutants in wastewater, using sunlight and molecular-thin catalysts created using an innovative ‘mechanical’ approach - with confidence that the method could be used to produce photocatalysts at an industrial scale.
EFRA Committee asks South East Water investors to comment on board and executive leadership and explain steps they will take to address water company failures
The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee has written to South East Water investors asking them to comment on board and executive leadership and explain the steps they will take to address water company failures raised in the Committee’s report on Failures at South East Water published on 1 May.
Environment Agency updates Water Resources and Environmental Destination for Water Resources planning guidance
The Environment Agency has updated its Water resources planning guidance and Environmental Destination for Water Resources planning guidance following a consultation which ran from 13 October 2025 to 5 December 2025.
South West Water completes targeted sewer upgrades in Croyde with two new projects to come
South West Water has completed targeted improvements to the wastewater network in Croyde as part of its ongoing work to reduce storm overflows - the water company is now currently in the design process for two new projects to.strengthen the system in the area.
United Utilities plants more than 10,000 trees at Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir
More than 10,000 trees have been planted on land close to Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir in Lancashire - the third tree planting scheme United Utilities has delivered in Lancashire this tree planting season.
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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.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise. -
Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers. -
Barhale completes two Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects for Severn Trent
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
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