CIRIA, the Construction Industry Research and Information Association, has appointed Stantec and the Rivers Trust in a partnership to develop high level guidance and principles for the asset management of Blue-Green Infrastructure.

The water companies are calling for greater clarity on the government’s overall priorities and targets for the water sector – according to Water UK, “without more clarity on the specific goals the government wants delivered, there is a high likelihood that vital investment will be deferred in favour of short-term pressures.”

National Grid plc has announced that it has agreed to sell a 60% equity interest in its UK gas transmission and metering business to a consortium of long-term infrastructure investors comprised of Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI).

Environment Secretary George Eustice has this week authorised the construction of the £100 million Bridgwater tidal barrier with a Transport and Works Act better protecting 11,300 homes and 1,500 businesses in the town and surrounding areas.

Affinity Water is starting work on its next phase to install a new water main in St Albans.

The Environment Agency has published its annual corporate report on flood and coastal erosion risk management for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.

Next generation wastewater treatment is now up and running in Lancashire after United Utilities completed its £164 million rebuild of Blackburn wastewater treatment works.

The National Infrastructure Commission is warning that the government is at risk of failing to deliver the aims of its National Infrastructure Strategy unless it picks up the pace with detailed policy design and implementation.

United Utilities has today published a road map to better river health setting out a series of commitments to kick start a river revival over the next three years.

A Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) investigation has found that errors in the construction of a drainage system were the primary cause of a fatal train derailment at Carmont in Aberdeenshire last year.