Southern Water’s £25 million environmental improvement scheme at Millbrook treatment works is nearing completion.
South East Water has been announced as the first water company to receive accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation for paying its employees the Living Wage.
The Environment Agency will start work next week on a £6.3 million scheme to improve flood defences on the River Humber at Albert Dock in Hull.
A new report by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and KPMG is warning that UK infrastructure projects worth £96 billion could be in jeopardy unless an acute skills shortage is addressed.
A new technology for circular sludge settlement tanks in wastewater treatment has the potential to achieve major operating and energy-savings for all UK water companies.
A three year project to increase capacity, improve odour control and deliver high-quality sludge for energy generation at Thames Water’s major Mogden, Beckton and Crossness sewage treatment plants is coming to fruition.
The Environment Agency is going ahead with its plans to develop a major scheme to reduce flood risk to the towns of Shoreham-by-sea and Lancing in West Sussex.
The Environment Agency has developed the new system to provide quicker and more specific warnings to the public when they are at risk from river or coastal flooding.
Thames Water has gone out to tender with a £10 million contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of data loggers across the whole of the Thames Water region.
Northern Ireland Water has gone out to tender with a £9 million contract to upgrade its Ballycastle Ballycastle Wastewater Treatment Works.
Amiblu, a global leader in Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) pipe systems for wastewater, stormwater, drinking water, irrigation, hydropower, and industrial applications, has announced the appointment of Martyn Turton as its Sales Director for the UK & Ireland, driving strategic market development in the infrastructure and water sectors, effective immediately.
As a project manager at Metasphere, a Grundfos-owned remote telemetry company at the cutting edge of innovation, Fey McHarg, has witnessed firsthand how the intelligent harnessing of data, specifically through the data-as-a-service model, is fundamentally reshaping and revolutionising the water sector.

Attendees at next month’s National Civils Show, Floodex, National Drainage Show and Waterways Management on 26th and 27th November are set to benefit from an expert speaker line-up and the opportunity to visit a wide range of exhibitors all co-located in one place at Excel, London, one of the UK’s leading international exhibition and convention centres.
Tackling leakage is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways for utilities to bolster water security, writes Ben Crabtree, Product Line Director, Ovarro, revealing how the potential of smart technologies is being demonstrated around the world.