Environment Agency further strengthens flood resilience in Great River Ouse catchment in 2021
The Environment Agency has outlined the work it has undertaken in around £30 million worth of investments in flood defence schemes, repairs and improvements to the thousands of flood risk assets in the Great River Ouse catchment.
Environment Agency - £30m Reading & Caversham Flood Alleviation Scheme will not be progressed
The Environment Agency has decided that increased costs and reduced benefits of the proposed Reading & Caversham Flood Alleviation Scheme mean it will not attract government funding and will therefore not be progressed further.
Scientists warn collapse of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier would see global sea levels rise by up to ten feet
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is retreating rapidly as a warming ocean slowly erases its ice from below, leading to faster flow, more fracturing, and a threat of collapse, according to an international team of scientists.
Environment Agency secures funding for new £5.2m flood scheme in Hexham
An Environment Agency scheme to better protect businesses and homes from flooding on two industrial estates in Hexham is taking a step forward with the Final Business Case approved and funding secured for the £5.2 million Flood Alleviation Scheme.
National infrastructure Commission warns over climate change - more flood management and drainage assets likely to be needed
The National infrastructure Commission is warning that climate change will continue to increase the risk of flooding and pressure on flood risk management and drainage infrastructure - highlighted by recent surface water flooding events over the summer.
Environment Agency designs new flood risk scheme for Lower Wick area of Worcester
The Environment Agency is designing a new flood risk management scheme for a residential area of Worcester to protect homes from flooding.
Major river route in York city centre reopens following £2.5m flood defence works
A major river route in York city centre has reopened following the completion of a £2.5 million flood defence scheme by the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency - no time for complacency about flooding as Met Office warns of above average likelihood of wet winter
The Environment Agency is warning there is n
o time for complacency about flooding as Met Office flags up the above average likelihood of a wet winter.
Environment Agency completes work on Leominster flood risk management scheme
The Environment Agency has completed work on the Leominster flood risk management scheme which will help to protect hundreds of homes from the devastating impact of flooding.
Flood resilience - new Environment Agency report outlines benefits of Natural Flood Management
The Environment Agency has published a new report setting out the initial findings of the Natural Flood Management (NFM) programme and how it is strengthening flood resilience.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
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. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
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. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
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.
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