Yorkshire Water contractor provides riverbed solution to SSSI puzzle
A team working on laying a new pipe line connecting Yorkshire Water works in East and North Yorkshire can't have faced many more complicated challenges than the famous Gypsy Race on the Yorkshire Wolds.
Civil engineering job losses will reach 40,000 by end 2010
A survey of members of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) is warning that there will be 40,000 fewer jobs in civil engineering by the end of 2010.
Departing Thames Water CEO says Thames faces “significant challenges”
David Owens, who yesterday stood down as Chief Executive Officer of Thames Water, has said that the company is facing “significant challenges” in the continuing recession.
David Owens steps down as CEO of Thames Water
Thames Water has announced that its Chief Executive Officer Water David Owens is stepping down with immediate effect.
Interserve transfers PFI investments to pension scheme
Interserve, the services, maintenance and building group, has announced an agreement to dispose of its interest in a portfolio of 13 PFI investments, valued at £61.5 million, into the Interserve Pension Scheme
Second borehole drilled to secure supplies
South East Water is going underground in west Kent to help provide up to an extra one million litres of drinking water every day.
AECOM Europe to cut 350 jobs
AECOM Europe will cut a further 350 jobs in the UK and Europe as a result of the ongoing effects of recession.
Intellitect announce two new partnerships for Intellisonde™ technology
Intellitect Water (UK) has announced two new distribution partnerships for its Intellisonde™ in-pipe water quality monitors.
Development site runs into pollution problems
Two major UK construction companies have been ordered to pay £21,800 for poor planning which led to water pollution at a construction site they were working on.
Interserve delivers strong trading statement
Interserve Plc, the services, maintenance and building group, has issued a confident trading update covering the period from 1 July 2009 to date.
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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.” -
King’s Award for Enterprise shows ERG moving forward with growth in UK and Asia
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise. -
Welsh Water’s ORAI system shortlisted for three categories at the British Data Awards 2026
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
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