The UK’s Department for International Development DFID has gone out to tender with a contract for a major new programme: Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIG) worth an estimated £90 million.

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.