Black & Veatch has been appointed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as engineer of record responsible for the design and quality assurance of a project to remediate the Boone Dam to repair seepage through the dam’s foundation.

Leading construction and engineering firm J. Murphy & Sons Limited has won a top environmental award for massively beating its target of ten per cent reductions in carbon emissions.

A meticulous maritime operation on the Thames has signalled the start of construction work for the £4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel.

Low carbon energy technologies will need global investment of $5 trillion between 2015 and 2025 in order to bring down costs and accelerate deployment, according to a new report from the Carbon Trust.

The Carbon Trust has flagged up supply chain sustainability, internal carbon pricing, 100% renewable energy commitments and science based targets as practical tools being used by corporates to achieve zero carbon business plans.

United Utilities is continuing with its flood recovery work in the aftermath of storm Desmond.

Southern Water is currently working on two separate schemes to complete further improvements to its sewer network.

Anglian Water is getting work underway to examine 75km of sewer pipes in Southend and identify cracks and holes before they become a problem.

The United Nations conference on climate change in Paris has agreed an historic new global climate agreement.

The water industry is being urged toaddress leakage, catastrophic main failures and contamination by investing in the next generation of advanced hydraulic networks.