The Vale of Glamorgan Council has awarded Dyer & Butler a contract to build the Barry Flood Risk Management Scheme in the Coldbrook Catchment worth an estimated £2.5 million.

Yorkshire Water has gone out to tender with a contract for Company Car Fleet Support Terms worth an estimated £24 million.

The Environment Agency has gone out to tender with a telemetry outstation framework contract which will also extend to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Natural Resource Wales.

United Utilities has awarded a contract for the maintenance and repair of centrifuge equipment to three suppliers.

Yorkshire Water has awarded a marine outfalls installation contract to as yet undisclosed suppliers.

A twelve month project being undertaken by Cranfield University, which is jointly funded by the Environment Agency and EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), is helping to improve the quality of river photography that is used for flood risk management.

Wessex Water has launched a new mobile app game intended to entertain and educate customers on what it does as a company and to provide advice on saving money and protecting their home.