£5m infrastructure project to defend Bath against flooding
Bath & North East Somerset Council and the Environment Agency are working together on a major infrastructure project which will provide flood defences for parts of Bath’s city centre and begin to build a positive relationship between the city centre and the River Avon.
Environment Agency approves Lower Tidal River Arun flood risk strategy
Environment Agency Directors have formally approved the Lower Tidal River Arun strategy which sets out recommendations for managing flood risk in the Arun Valley, from Pallingham Weir to Littlehampton and Ford.
Major report identifies ways to improve Wales’ resilience to coastal flooding
A major new report published by Natural Resources Wales is making 47 recommendations to improve Wales’ resilience to coastal flooding in the future.
New Knowledge Transfer Partnership to develop enhanced flood modelling techniques
JBA and Lancaster University’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics have joined forces to create a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop enhanced flood modelling techniques.
Construction work starts on £50m Leeds flood defence scheme
Construction work has started on a major new £50 million flood defence scheme in Leeds, which will protect hundreds of homes and businesses.
Munich Re says flood events in 2013 highlight positive effect of defence measures
Leading global insurance group Munich Re says that flood events in 2013 have highlighted the positive effect of defence measures.
Welsh Assembly provides extra £3.7m to protect Borth from flooding
The Welsh Assembly has announced it will provide over £3.7 million to help protect homes and businesses in Ceredigion that are at risk of flooding and coastal erosion.
Flood protection restored to 115,000 homes
The Environment Agency has said that flood protection has been restored to 115,000 homes with 350 damaged flood risk management assets already repaired following winter flood and storm damage.
Balfour Beatty starts work on £73m coastal protection schemes
Balfour Beatty has started work on one of the largest coastal defence schemes in the UK which will protect over 12,000 homes and businesses from the risk of coastal flooding.
London Assembly -"revive rivers to reduce flood risk in London"
The London Assembly Environment Committee has published a summary of the flood risks facing the capital.
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South West Water explores new approach to sludge dewatering in UK-first municipal trial
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards. -
Uniwater strengthens its UK presence with acquisition of Hy‑Ram Engineering
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England. -
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK. -
BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.
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