The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and local authorities are calling on the public and businesses to share their opinions on the most comprehensive assessment of flood risk, and its impacts, ever compiled in Scotland.

The largest UK charity dedicated specifically to built environment research, the BRE Trust, has announced a major three year funding programme to improve the resilience of buildings and infrastructure to the growing threats of flooding, wind damage and overheating associated with climate change. 

The Government of Rwanda has signed a public-private partnership agreement with a water management company, Metito, to develop a new bulk water supply plant to serve 40 percent of the capital city Kigali’s potable water requirements.

Eric Wright Water has opened a new office in Coatbridge near Glasgow and created nine jobs, with further recruitment still underway as part of their Scottish expansion programme.

Southern Water’s major redevelopment of its  Woolston Wastewater Treatment Works is now well under way - the works, built in 1966, is being replaced with a £63 million state-of-the-art facility.

Regulations under the Town and Country Planning Act that will make water companies statutory consultees for fracking were laid before Parliament last week and are due to come into force in mid-April.

Scottish Water is about to start work on a £1.2 million scheme to improve its waste water infrastructure and tackle a flooding issue at two properties in the The Ness area of Dollar.

i2O Water, the Smart Pressure Management technology company, has today announced the appointment of Joel Hagan as its new Chief Executive Officer.