United Utilities has been sharing its approach to standard asset design with partners and colleagues across the water sector. The company’s engineering, maintenance and commercial teams held a ‘Collaboration for Standardisation’ event at the Halliwell Jones stadium in Warrington recently.
Scottish Water has started supplying water to Peebles, Eddleston, Eshiels and Lyne Station from its new £30 million Peebles water treatment works.
Wessex Water has completed a £50 million refurbishment of its Durleigh water treatment centre - the massive refurbishment of the Enmore Road site got under way in 2019 after more than four years of planning.
Wessex Water has announced that a £50 million enhancement at its Durleigh Water Treatment Centre near Bridgwater has been brought into service.
Scottish Water is progressing a £15 million project at Turriff Water Treatment Works which involved the design, build and testing some of the most complex new equipment off-site, on a modular basis.
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has issued a Prior Information Notice inviting interested suppliers to register for pre-market engagement events for a major £10 billion offsite construction contract.
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.
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.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.