Repeated raw sewage leaks have cost Severn Trent Water £460,000-plus in court - on 21 July 2016, at Nottingham Crown Courtthe company was fined £426,000, ordered to pay Environment Agency costs of £38,642.60 as well as a victim surcharge of £120.

Morrison Utility Services, the leading provider of utility infrastructure services in the United Kingdom, has today announced an agreement to be acquired by First Reserve, a leading global private equity and infrastructure investment firm exclusively focused on energy, including utilities. 

The Australian Water Association in partnership with Arup has launched the Australian Water Survey to investigate and compare attitudes to water use and security among water industry professionals and the Australian community.

A new joint venture between global asset management consultancy, Amey, and world leading drone technology experts, VTOL Technologies, will use precision, long-range drones to transform asset management inspections – making it safer, quicker and easier to assess vital infrastructure such as bridges and railways.

The Environment Agency has published a new report setting out details of projects funded under the Catchment Partnership Action Fund (CPAF) in 2015 to 2016.

Sutton and East Surrey Water has published latest review of its performance - the company has published its Annual Report for 2015/16 which shows, for the first time, how well it is doing against the commitments made in its 2015-2020 business plan.

Lanes Group has been commissioned by leading construction contractor Laing O'Rourke to carry out drainage surveys and cleaning work at the UK's newest NHS cancer treatment centre.

Another successful project recently delivered by Huber Technology saw the completion of an inlet screen upgrade at Southern Water's Pulborough Sewage Treatment works with the installation of two Ro9/700’s on an elevated inlet works.