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Kier Group profits up 24%
Kier Group has reported a 24% increase in underlying pre-tax profits - up to £68.9m compared with £55.5m in 2010 – with the publication of its preliminary results for the year to 30th June 2011.
Arctic ice plummets to second lowest minimum
Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its second lowest minimum since records began, according to the latest figures from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in the US.
Galliford Try JV wins £35m water work contract
Galliford Try, the housebuilding and construction group, announced this morning that it has, in partnership with Imtech Process, been awarded a £35m contract to construct two advanced anaerobic digestion plants for Anglian Water at sewage works in Basildon and Ipswich.
Another acquisition for Costain
Costain has announced that it is broadening the scale and scope of its business through the acquisition of Promanex, an industrial support services business.
Turning sewage into house bricks
Clay and concrete bricks could become a thing of the past thanks to a new project up and running at Yorkshire Water's Knostrop waste water treatment works in Leeds that is turning incinerated sewage into carbon neutral house bricks.
UK must change attitudes to water reuse
The belief there is an endless supply of clean fresh water and an apparent squeamishness about recycled water are serious barriers to better use of the vital resource in UK homes and businesses, experts have warned.
Construction sector workforce falls 3%
Latest figures from the Government 's Office for National Statistics, for the year to June 2011 show a 3.0% drop in the number of people employed in UK construction.
Ofwat launches new consultation on water and sewerage charges approvals process
Water industry regulator Ofwat has launched a new consultation on proposals for changing the way it carries out the approval of water companies’ schemes of customer charges for water and sewerage services in England and Wales between now and 2015.
Carbon emissions to go on rising “way beyond 2030”, warn experts
Energy experts are seriously concerned about the world's capacity to cut carbon emissions over the coming decades, according to a new report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Welsh Assembly considers Single Environmental Body
The Welsh Assembly is considering the establishment of a Single Environmental Body which will bring together a variety of existing environmental organisations.
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BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies. -
ABB launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations. -
Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets. -
Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
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