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Tuesday, 17 November 2015 13:08

Registration opens for WRc Innovation Day 2016

WRc has announced registration is now open for its 5th Innovation Day which will take place on the 27th April 2016.

Springhead Pumping Station Nov 2015 1Yorkshire Water is currently spending £2.5 million on improvements at Springhead water pumping station in Hull.

Costain, international law firm Pinsent Masons and the University of Cambridge have secured funding from Innovate UK to see how innovation can be harnessed more effectively and for longer.

Ofwat has confirmed that Jonson Cox, the current Chair of Ofwat, has been reappointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs the Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, to serve a further term until October 2020.

The Costain-Vinci Construction Grands Projets Joint Venture team has reached a key milestone in its £85 million construction of the Shieldhall Tunnel in Glasgow for Scottish Water.

The GMB and Unite unions held a protest rally in Durham  at the weekend as  industrial action continues in an ongoing dispute with Northumbrian Water over pensions.

Water UK, the body which represents all the UK water companies, is joining a three-year European Commission work programme to develop a best available technology reference document for oil and gas, which will take full consideration of environmental protection.

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 10:00

Chief regulation officer leaves Ofwat

A reorganisation of Ofwat’s senior management team has seen the departure of chief regulation officer Sonia Brown – one of two roles to be lost under the new structure.

United Utilities worked around the clock with the Environment Agency, and other partners to help protect properties from flooding over the weekend as a result of heavy rain and gales topping 50mph from storm Abigail.

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 07:32

Storm Barney set to increase UK flood risk

Barney, the second storm to be named by the Met Office this season, is set to bring additional rain and damaging winds to the United Kingdom on Tuesday.

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