National Highways has selected HerrenKnecht to build the massive tunnel boring machine that will dig the UK’s longest road tunnel for the Lower Thames Crossing - at 16.4 metres in diameter the machine will be the largest ever used in Europe, and the third largest ever in the world.
Business Stream has announced a new partnership with Ecologi to offset the company's carbon emissions on an annual basis to achieve carbon neutrality as it works towards its goal to be net zero by 2030.
Severn Trent has unveiled plans to create the world’s first carbon neutral waste treatment plant in Staffordshire - work on the multi-million-pound project of almost £40 million set to start in September.
Severn Trent is seeking volunteers in Nottinghamshire to plant over 9,000 trees this week as part of its ongoing Commonwealth Forest initiative.
Severn Trent is continuing work on its Tiny Forests planting programme across the West Midlands region in celebration of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - the utility is now close to achieving its goal of planting 72 Tiny Forests.
Solihull has become the first location to have trees as part of the initiative of Severn Trent and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to create 2022 acres of Commonwealth Forest across the Midlands.
Piers Clark, Chairman of the Isle Group, looks at how COP26 panned out and outlines the launch of a new source of funding by Isle to help water utilities adopt technologies which will accelerate the path to achieving carbon neutrality.
Thames Water has completed a £700,000 project at Chertsey’s sewage works to convert a diesel boiler to run on renewable biogas which means the town’s waste is now being treated without the use of fossil fuels, cutting down on carbon emissions.
With 500 days to go until the start of Birmingham 2022, organisers have unveiled plans to deliver the first ever carbon-neutral Commonwealth Games and the appointment of Severn Trent as Birmingham 2022’s Official Nature & Carbon Neutral Supporter.
Just south of Aberdeen, improvements continue to be made at Scottish Water’s Sludge Treatment Centre (STC) in Nigg – but at a site still approaching its full potential, 0.9~1.0MW per tonne of Dry Solids is already being consistently produced.
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.
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.
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.