Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd, the organisation responsible for delivering the £4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel, has gone out to tender with a contract for resourcing and recruitment services worth an estimated £6.5 million. 

Two and a half months into what looks like a promising start to the new competitive retail water market, Water Plus Chief Executive Officer Sue Amies-King reflects on progress to date.

The rise in the number of people living in cities - predicted to reach 80 % by 2020 - coupled with climate change is straining Europe's water supplies. An EU-funded project has demonstrated innovative technologies and approaches to tackle water scarcity.

Ofwat Chief Executive Cathryn Ross has said that the bigger challenges to greater collaboration in the water sector are about mindset and getting over the ‘water company knows best’ or ‘not invented here’ culture.

Yorkshire Water is looking  for a contractor to design, build, commission and provide short term operation of works at two of its sites – the Calder Valley Incinerator at Upper Brighouse and the Saltend Sewage Treatment Works in Hull.

Ofwat is expecting to see water companies in England and Wales meet a demanding set of challenges and high expectations in their Business Plans for the upcoming Price Review in 2019, with a particular focus on resilience.

Leading players in the infrastructure sector have today called for the next government to adopt ten new measures that will improve the delivery of UK infrastructure and boost economic productivity and growth.