Heavy rain has caused significant flooding in parts of Scotland and England - much of Cumbria saw around a month's worth of rain by the end of Thursday with as much as 250 mm over the fells.
Water industry regulator Ofwat has published guidance confirming how it expects the water companies to allocate cross-subsidies for social tariffs and surface water drainage concessions to different parts of their business in PR14.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.