A new multi-platform invasive non-native species (INNS) mapping tool has launched in England, Wales and Scotland - the INNS Mapper app and website, which will also be known as Mapiwr INNS in Wales with Welsh language options, will enable people to report sightings, surveys and the management of INNS.
The Environment Agency has just finished removing more than 200 tonnes of floating pennywort from the River Wey, near Byfleet Mill weir. Upstream of the weir, the entire water surface had become hidden beneath a six-foot deep, 70-metre-long carpet of the invasive weed.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
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.
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.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.