Yorkshire Water will start work will this month at two sites across west Leeds and Bradford as part of a project to improve the water quality in Pudsey Beck by reducing storm overflow discharges.
Yorkshire Water is planning to build an integrated wetland at its South Elmsall wastewater treatment works to help reduce storm overflow discharges into Frickley Beck – a tributary of the river Don.
Southern Water is building a £2.1 million new wetland beside an East Sussex wastewater treatment works in a move which will enhance and protect the quality of water in the River Ouse.
Irish Water has celebrated World Wetlands Day with the completion of the construction phase of a new Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) project in Lixnaw.
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.