More than 300,000 customers who had to boil their water after the cryptosporidium parasite was discovered in United Utilities water network will start to receive cheques in compensation in the post from today.

Southern Water has launched a new initiative to boost Bexhill’s bathing water quality - the company is taking action to help meet the requirements of tougher European bathing water standards which are now in force.

Elster Metering has won a contract worth £2.14 million jointly tendered by Portsmouth Water in collaboration with Sutton and East Surrey Water.

United Utilities has awarded a contract for meter reading services to Siemens PLC.

Wessex Water has awarded a contract for leakage detection services to RPS Environmental Management Ltd worth an estimated £3 million.

Imtech UK has announced that it has concluded a deal to refinance its business through an investment from private equity firm Endless LLP.

Italian-headquartered global construction group Salini Impregilo has won an EPC contract worth more than £375 million ($575 million) for the design and construction of the Nenskra hydroelectric project in the mountainous region of Svaneti, Georgia.

With effect from 1^st September construction site managers throughout London will now be required to retrofit or replace old, polluting machinery in a world-first step to help clean up the capital’s air and reduce damaging emissions from diggers, bulldozers and related vehicles.