Tideway, the company behind London's super sewer which is now operational, has become the first corporate to issue a 'Blue Bond' in Sterling.
Two huge temporary cofferdams, a western twin wall cofferdam and an eastern combi-wall cofferdam built in the Thames near Blackfriars as part of the super sewer project have now been removed.
London’s super sewer has been successfully connected to the existing network following a two-week programme of vital work from Tideway and Thames Water.
Water sector regulator Ofwat has rejected the suggestion in a recent article in the Financial Times that Thames Water customers will pay “three times over” for the costs of the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
Engineers on the super sewer project have begun work to connect the new infrastructure to London’s existing sewer system.
Tideway, the company behind London's new super sewer, is announcing changes to its Board as it prepares to start commissioning.
Work to build London’s super sewer, including its tunnels and shafts, is now fully complete following the lifting of the final piece of the puzzle into place in east London.
Tideway is getting ready to start commissioning work on London’s £4.5 billion super sewer - one of the UK’s largest new infrastructure projects.
Secondary lining on the final, easternmost section of London’s super sewer has now passed the 50% mark.
The Telegraph has launched a Clean Rivers campaign – saying the campaign is needed “to reverse the damage to our waterways before they succumb once again to the sort of pollution that took decades to eradicate.”
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.