Ofwat chairman: PR19 may offer "significant headroom" to cut customer bills
Ofwat Chairman Jonson Cox has said that the upcoming PR19 Price Review “may offer very significant headroom either to improve the resilience of the service customers receive, or materially to cut their bills, or both.”
Macquarie reaches agreement to sell final stake in Thames Water
Macquarie has today announced that Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 2 (MEIF2), together with two other Macquarie-managed funds, have agreed to sell a combined 26.3 per cent interest in Kemble Water Holdings Ltd, the ultimate holding company of Thames Water Utilities Ltd.
Budget: £300m to be focused on post-graduate training for STEM topics
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has announced that £300 million will be invested in supporting research into the key STEM topics - science, technology, engineering and maths as part of today’s budget statement in the House of Commons.
MPs: UK flood prevention “fragmented, inefficient & ineffective” and UK should adopt Dutch model
Flood prevention work in the UK was described as “fragmented, ..... inefficient and sometimes ineffective, and has let people down” in last week’s Parliamentary debate on future flood prevention. MPs heard that the UK needed to look at the Netherlands approach to flood risk management.
£3.7m funding to tackle UK’s deteriorating water infrastructure
A £3.7m investment has been announced to enable researchers from the University of Sheffield’s Sheffield Water Centre, which contains the UK’s largest urban water research group, to develop new, more scientific ways to better manage distributed water infrastructure.
Lincolnshire sets out major plan to tackle flood risk and water resources
The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership has launched a major plan to tackle flood risk and water supply for Lincolnshire.
Will the tide of investor appeal rise or fall as the water industry takes on direct procurement?
An Expert Focus article on Waterbriefing explores whether the tide of investor appeal will rise or fall as the water industry takes on direct procurement.
NIC launch technology study call for evidence on infrastructure
The National Infrastructure Commission has launched a four week Call for Evidence to shape the development of its new Technology study - the NIC is exploring which emerging technologies have the most potential for improving infrastructure productivity.
PwC uses spatial data analysis for Tbilisi masterplan
Consulting company PwC has prepared a detailed development masterplan using spatial data analysis for the Tbilisi Sea area of the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi.
Dutch Government awards €90m flood defence contract to reinforce strategic Houtrib dike
The Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) intends to award a €90 million euro contract for the reinforcement of the Houtrib dike to Van Oord and its partner Boskalis.