The Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN) has today released a new white paper examining how five, international water regulators in Australia, Brazil, The Netherlands, UK, and U.S., uniquely benchmark and incentivise their utility operators to improve the quality of service.

Joint venture VBA is set to start work next week on the first phase of a multi-million pound project to replace Morecambe’s wave reflection wall.

There are still a handful of places left on the Anglian Water WIN Business in AMP6 event in Peterborough on October 30th.

The industry’s only completely watertight pollution containment valve, the Toggleblok™, is now available from Hydro International, supported by a full design, commissioning and maintenance service from Hydro International’s specialist Water Pollution Management team.

The Planning Inspectorate has received an application from Snowdonia Pumped Hydro Ltd to expand the output of the proposed 600 MWh pumped electricity storage facility at Glyn Rhonwy near Llanberis from 49.9MW to 99.9MW.

Ongoing maintenance work by the Environment Agency to strengthen the banks of the River Bain continues  will help reduce flood risk - sections of the embankment which had eroded have been repaired to maintain the strength and integrity of the bank for the future.

Grontmij N.V., part of Sweco, Europe's leading architecture and engineering consultancy, has reported improved operating margin and stable revenues with the puiblication of its results for the third quarter of 2015.

United Utilities is facing the prospect of industrial action in a pensions dispute when the joint unions meet today to agree a joint response to United Utilities proposals to close its defined benefit pension scheme.