The Environment Agency has completed the £10 million Beales Corner Flood Risk Management Scheme in Bewdley, Worcestershire, delivering a major upgrade to the town’s flood defences that will benefit 50 properties and maintain access to businesses for decades to come.
The Environment Agency and a wide range of partners have completed the Outstrays Managed Realignment Scheme, creating 250ha of intertidal habitat by embankment realignment at a total cost of £56.3 million.
The Environment Agency is getting ready to start work this week on £1 million worth of coastal flood defence work at Pevensey Bay - residents and visitors to Pevensey Bay will witness a spectacular sight during September as the Sospan Dau dredging vessel returns to spray shingle onto the shoreline.
Work on the Littleborough Flood Risk Management Scheme continues to progress in 2025, with construction activity under way across key sites. The scheme is designed to reduce flood risk to homes, businesses, and community facilities that have been previously affected by severe flooding.
Northumbrian Water is partnering in a £3.8 million project to reduce flood risk in a County Durham village. The work in South Moor, Stanley, will be carried out by Northumbrian Water, in partnership with Durham County Council and the Environment Agency (EA), as part of the Northumbria Integrated Drainage Partnership (NIDP).
The London Fire Brigade has been tackling a major flooding incident following a burst water main in Islington at 10pm last night.
The Environment Agency has started work on a £15 million project to refurbish Boston’s Grand Sluice, helping to protect 9,000 homes and over 25,000 hectares of farmland from the devastating effects of flooding.
The Environment Agency has expanded its flood warning service across Cheadle, Stockport and the Platt Bridge area of Wigan to ensure more people than ever across Greater Manchester are warned about any imminent risk of flooding.
UK councils suffer on average 43 flooding incidents a year, with nationwide recovery costs of up to £566 million, according to findings from Infrastructure Policy Advancement (IPA), the policy think-tank at Bentley Systems Inc. More than half of councils (57%) also reported that their sewer systems had been overwhelmed in the last decade.
The Environment Agency, in partnership with Wiltshire Council, Bradford-on-Avon Town Council and Wessex Water, has concluded that a permanent flood scheme for Bradford-on-Avon is currently unviable.
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.