Environment Agency: construction work starts on £100m Boston Barrier flood defence scheme
Floods Minister Thérèse Coffey has marked the start of works on the £100 million Boston Barrier flood defence, breaking ground on an Environment Agency scheme that will protect 14,000 homes and businesses from tidal flooding.
£34m Warrington flood defence scheme officially complete
More than 2,000 Warrington homes and businesses will benefit from the town’s multi-million pound flood defence scheme, officially opened today by Environment Agency Chief Executive, Sir James Bevan and the town’s Mayor, Cllr. Les Morgan.
Paris floods as OECD warns more work needed to manage major flood risk on the Seine basin
With parts of Paris under water and France facing its wettest January in more than a century, a major new report from the OECD is warning that further improvements are needed to manage major flood risk in Paris and the Seine basin.
£21m Sheffield flood defence scheme is completed
A £21 million flood defence scheme to better protect hundreds of businesses in Sheffield’s Lower Don Valley has opened today.
Somerset flood defence scheme put into action 3 times in December
A flood prevention scheme in Somerset, which opened during autumn 2017, has been called into action three times in recent weeks.
Wiltshire Council uses aerial laser mapping technology to tackle flood risk
Aerial laser mapping technology is helping Wiltshire Council investigate flooding in the Corsham area of the county.
Environment Agency: economic damage from winter 2015 to 2016 floods cost almost £2bn
The total economic damages for England from the winter 2015 to 2016 floods were estimated to be between £1.3 billion and £1.9 billion, with a best estimate of £1.6 billion, according to a new report from the Environment Agency.
Green light for £42m Humber flood scheme
Funding has been secured for a £42 million upgrade to the tidal flood defence scheme in the Humber Estuary – improving flood protection to 113,000 properties.
Environment Agency proposes to transfer selected flood management work to other authorities
The Environment Agency is proposing to transfer flood risk management activities on a number of stretches of watercourses to internal drainage boards (IDBs), lead local flood authorities (LLFAs) and district councils.
Government sets out plans to strengthen surface water flood risk management
The government is to draw up plans setting out proposals to strengthen surface water management arrangements in response to the growing challenges of changing weather patterns and population growth and their impacts on the risk of surface water flooding.
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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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