Leading European technical services provider Imtech, headquartered in Gouda in the Netherlands, has won orders worth over 175 million euro for Welsh Water’s forthcoming AMP5 programme and for work on the technology upgrade to the Crossness and Beckton Sewage Treatment Works in London for Thames Water.

Welsh Water has completed an extensive £2 million scheme that will tackle wastewater flooding affecting properties in the Upton area of Chester.

Yorkshire Water and contractors MMB have reluctantly announced a new schedule for work on the Spen Valley Greenway, despite every possible effort being made to stick to the original deadlines.

Interserve, the international services, maintenance and building group, has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2009.

Northern Ireland Water Chairman Chris Mellor, together with three non-executive directors on the company’s board, has been dismissed by Northern Ireland's regional development minister after an investigation into procurement practices at the company.

South West Water has been ordered to pay £7,299 in fines and costs after a sewage treatment works in North Cornwall polluted a tributary of the River Ottery. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.

Modern Water plc, the AIM-listed owner of a portfolio of advanced water technologies, has announced its full-year results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2009.

Veolia Water UK has confirmed the appointment of Richard Bienfait as the new Managing Director of its largest regulated water company, Veolia Water Central.