EFRA Committee launches climate and weather resilience inquiry with call for evidence on coastal erosion and landslips
The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has launched a call for evidence on coastal erosion and landslips as part of its long-term thematic inquiry into Climate and weather resilience.
Network Rail – new £45 billion rail improvement plan includes £2.8bn spend on thousands of miles of drains, cuttings and embankments
Network Rail has today announced the start of its five-year, £45.4 billion rail improvement plan which includes around £2.8 billion in activities and technology that will help it better cope with extreme weather and climate change over the five years to 2029.
Rail investigators flag up drainage system failures in fatal Aberdeenshire derailment
A Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) investigation has found that errors in the construction of a drainage system were the primary cause of a fatal train derailment at Carmont in Aberdeenshire last year.
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Sulzer launches global Water Treatment Center of Excellence for integrated water solutions
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner. -
Pumps prove to be smooth operators for Anglian Water
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000. -
Owen Mace takes over as Director of BPF Plastic Pipes Group
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group. -
Ledbury engineering firm strengthens senior team as demand for water process systems grows
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
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