United Utilities invites Haslingden residents to learn more about HARP progress
United Utilities is inviting residents in the Haslingden area to find out more about progress on the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP).
Barhale prepares for growth with board and structure changes including 3 new senior director roles
Barhale has announced a reorganisation and strengthening of its senior management capacity to ensure it is best placed to meet future operational requirements and to build additional business resilience.
United Utilities signs landmark agreement for £3 billion Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme
United Utilities has signed a landmark agreement to refurbish the crucial Haweswater aqueduct, that carries water from Cumbria to 2.5 million customers in Greater Manchester and Lancashire - nearly 5% of England's population.
United Utilities announces preferred bidder for Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme ITA role
United Utilities has taken another major step for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) by announcing the preferred bidder for the role of Independent Technical Adviser (ITA).
United Utilities sets out shortlist for Independent Technical Adviser role to Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme
United Utilities has taken another major step for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) by shortlisting three applicants for the role of Independent Technical Adviser (ITA) to participate in the next stage of the tender process.
United Utilities tenders £1.75 billion contract for flagship Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme
United Utilities has gone out to tender with a £1.75 billion contract to secure a Competitively Appointed Provider (CAP) via Ofwat’s Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) process for its Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme.
United Utilities set to tender Haweswater Direct Procurement contract in first for UK water industry
United Utilities is looking to start the tender process for the multi-million pound Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme under a ground-breaking new contract model.
United Utilities gets Ofwat go-ahead to start DPC procurement of Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme
Ofwat has published its official consent for United Utilities to commence the procurement of the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme as a designated Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) Delivered Project.
Ofwat designates United Utilities’ Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme as DPC Delivered Project
Ofwat has designated United Utilities’ Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme as a Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) Delivered Project.
United Utilities posts plans for North section of £1bn Haweswater Aqueduct online
United Utilities has posted the final plans online for a new section of the Haweswater Aqueduct in South Lakeland - part of the region’s biggest ever plumbing project.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
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. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
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. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
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