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A new £6 million tidal gauge for the Environment Agency will record data to improve flood forecasting,  completing a national network of 44 gauges that record information about sea levels to provide more accurate forecasts.

Global service and engineering company CH2M whose work includes developing and advancing methods to clean water, and increasing public acceptance of recycled water has received the Stockholm Industry Water Award.

United Utilities’ problems with cryptosporidium in its water network are continuing – on Friday the company installed the first of several ultra violet (UV) rigs in parts of Lancashire, capable of killing the last remaining traces of the cryptosporidium bug.

Visitors to an innovative green space in Earley near Reading will be walking on water when work on a new underground reservoir officially finishes this week.

Severn Trent Water has joined forces with the Environment Agency and Derbyshire County Council to create a working group to tackle flooding issues in Melbourne, Derbyshire.

Daniel Lambert from Arup whose role has a focus on providing strategic thought leadership in the water sector, discusses how technology could help households and water companies use a precious resource more efficiently.

The Government Office for Science has published two new papers examining construction materials used to build cities and supporting/linking infrastructure, and how to improve the health and wellbeing of people in towns and cities through the use of ‘green infrastructure’as part of the Foresight future of cities project.

Carl Sargeant, Natural Resources Minister in the Welsh Assembly is warning that schemes like the Abergwyngregyn hydro scheme are unlikely to ever get built in the future if the recent Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) proposals to change the process for application to Feed-in Tariffs are introduced.

The trustees appointed following the collapse of Royal Imtech N.V. have announced that the two divisions Imtech Marine and Imtech Nordic were sold immediately after the bankruptcy had been declared.

Sutton and East Surrey Water is undertaking a significant redevelopment and upgrading of its Woodmansterne Water Treatment Works– the £22 million investment will help secure water supplies for existing and future customers throughout its supply area.

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