Thames Water is spending £1 million every month to clear fatbergs from its sewer network – with four areas named as the worst offenders.
Affinity Water has now completed an extensive programme of mains flushing on Romney Marsh following a £4 million upgrade of its Denge Water Treatment Works.
In a case brought by the Environment Agency, Molson Coors Brewery (UK) Limited (MCB Ltd) appeared in court on 17 March 2016 for polluting the River Wey and the Lasham Drain (which carries surface water runoff and is a tributary of the River Wey).
The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee will hold its first oral evidence session on Its Future Flood Prevention inquiry in England on Wednesday 13 April.
Thames Water Commercial Services (TWCS) has hit a major milestone in its Scottish operation by announcing that it has exceeded the ambitious growth target set just over 12 months ago to double the number of commercial sites it manages in Scotland.
Northern Ireland Water has awarded a contract for small scale solar installations to Lisburn-based firm Solmatix Ltd.
BIM Building Information Modelling (BIM) can improve efficiency of the water sector, but the utilities need to work together and share information to get the maximum benefit from (BIM) water according to industry data expert Andrew Cowell.
A study looking at new ways to use rivers and canals around Bath has been launched this week to identify projects to transform and revitalise the waterways, together with looking at options for managing flood risk.
Northern Ireland Water is on schedule for its innovative new £464,000 Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) at Castle Archdale, County Fermanagh to be fully operational by the end of March 2016.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has confirmed plans to pay the Living Wage to all its employees.
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.