Lanes scoops £216m Thames Water contract
Drainage specialist Lanes Group has been awarded a £216 million contract by Thames Water to provide waste water network services for at least three years.
Competition Commission merger decision to raise key issues for Ofwat and investors
The outcome of the Competition Commission’s current investigation due later this month on the merger between South Staffordshire Water and Cambridge Water could raise questions about the prospects for future mergers and how regulator Ofwat sets future price limits.
Costain plans water reduction targets and 20%CO2 reduction by 2014
Costain is planning to measure its baseline water consumption in 2012 to enable reduction targets to be developed in 2013. The UK engineering and construction firm is also aiming to reduce its measured carbon emissions by 20% from a 2008 baseline and to divert 90% of waste generated from landfill by 2014.
Balfour Beatty lands £13m Helix canal contract
Construction giant Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £13m contract to extend the Forth and Clyde canal under the M9 motorway.
National Trust plans to run its properties on hydropower
Plans have been unveiled by the National Trust for a hydroelectric power scheme in Snowdonia to provide energy to its Welsh properties.
Trant Construction plays major role in £9.3m pumping station upgrade
Engineering company Trant Construction has played a key role in the £9.3m enhancement of a critical sewage pumping station in Bristol on behalf of Wessex Water.
Severn Trent considers water trading to aid drought-ridden East
Severn Trent Water is looking at how water trading can be brought about in a plan to flow water from the Midlands into the drought-hit east to help Anglian Water.
£1.5m Scottish Water project to benefit River Tyne
The River Tyne will benefit from a significant Scottish Water investment at the Haddington waste water treatment works.
DECC opens £20m marine energy scheme
The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has today launched its eagerly awaited £20 million Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme (MEAD).
20 million affected as hosepipe ban comes into force
Drought has forced seven water companies to introduce water restrictions today, affecting about 20 million people across southern and eastern England.
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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. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
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.
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Southern Water showcases last footage inside Yew Hill Reservoir before filling
Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water. -
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