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NI Water starts work on £500,000 pumping station upgrade
NI Water has started work on a new wastewater pumping station at Clabby Road, Fivemiletown.
NI Water tenders £16m rural wastewater contract
Northern Ireland Water has gone out to tender with a contract for its rural waste water investment programme (PC15) worth up to £16 million.
Dutch road upgrade uses siphon system to divert water
A major upgrade of the N241 road near Schagen in North Holland is using a 1000 mm siphon system from Van Heck to divert water during the extension of a culvert under the road.
United Utilities starts work on £14m Carlisle water main upgrade
United Utilities is starting work this month on a £14 million programme to upgrade Carlisle's water mains.
Flood prevention among €8 billion of new projects approved by EIB
The European Investment Bank has approved EUR €8.2 billion of new loans to support thirty-seven new projects which include schemes to reduce river flooding, coastal erosion and landslides in southern Italy and improving flood protection in the Netherlands.
Totex: performance-based service contracts are the way ahead
If Totex is going to be embraced and succeed, the time has finally arrived for water companies to look at whether operators are ‘using’ important assets correctly, or inadvertently abusing them, according to Ham Baker’s Spares Maintenance & Service division.
Scottish Govt publishes final recommendations from sludge review
The Scottish Government has published recommendations designed to improve guidance, practice and regulations relating to the spreading of sewage sludge on land in Scotland, following the conclusion of a review into the issue.
Communities set to get greater say in flood defence spending
Ian Heijne, Client Director for Water Management at global design engineering consultancy Atkins discusses how a new initiative could help communities to a greater say in local flood defence decisions.
Fujitsu wins £4.5m-plus Environment Agency flood warning contract
The Environment Agency has awarded the contract to develop its new future flood warnings system to Fujitsu Services Ltd.
United Utilities tenders £35m Ellesmere Port WwTW main works contract
United Utilities has gone out to tender with a main works contract at its Ellesmere Port wastewater treatment works worth an estimated £35 million.
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Uniwater strengthens its UK presence with acquisition of Hy‑Ram Engineering
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England. -
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK. -
BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies. -
ABB launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
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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. -
Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply. -
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