Severn Trent has installed a huge 60 tonne bridge over the River Derwent to Matlock Sewage Treatment Works as part of a £20 million Severn Trent investment in the town - a stunning timelapse video has shown the feat of engineering with a huge crane erected to pick up the 120ft-long bridge and lay it safely across the water to the site.
More than 30km of a new water pipeline have been constructed in the first phase of a major infrastructure investment to protect supplies for people in the North East.
Farmers and landowners across more than 80 hectares of Co Armagh have taken part in a scheme spearheaded by NI Water to improve the quality of raw water in a key Co Armagh catchment which has successfully concluded.
Following an Environment Agency investigation, United Utilities has pleaded guilty to introducing thousands of fish into Bessy Brook, near Bolton, without a permit.
Yorkshire Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract to put a Customer Insights Framework in place with an estimated value of £3 million.
Southern Water has launched a market engagement exercise ahead of going out to tender with an upcoming contract for full lifecycle management of manhole covers.
The Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs has made a direct contract award for a data licence without going out to tender with an estimated value of £296,500 including VAT.
The Environment Agency has awarded a major contract for a Beach Management Framework with an estimated value of approx £1.472 billion including VAT.
Natural England has published a pipeline notice setting out its intention to go out to tender in August 2026 with a framework contract for £9.6 million Planning Related Advice Professional Services with an estimated value of £9.6 million including VAT.
The government has announced a major £86.5 million investment in a UK-first green energy hydrogen project in south Yorkshire which uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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.