NI Water has confirmed that non-frontline NIPSA union members will begin industrial action relating to a dispute over pay arrangements, with a one-day strike planned for 31 December and a work-to-rule starting on 1 January.
Anglian Water’s @one Alliance is due to begin upgrades in Old Leake which will see the replacement of 4.5 kilometres of water pipes to ensure that water supplies are safe and reliable for decades to come.
Yorkshire Water has reached a major milestone in its ambitious smart meter programme, with 100,000 water meters now successfully upgraded across the region.
The Environment Agency has published new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion, including future scenarios accounting for climate change.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced new Chair appointments for the Trent, Southern and North West Regional Flood and Coastal Committees. (RFCC).
On behalf of the Environment Agency Defra group Commercial has gone out to tender with a contract for the provision of services to recover and remove sunken and abandoned vessels from reaches of the nontidal River Thames between Pinkhill Lock and Teddington Lock worth an estimated £360,000 (inc VAT).
Anglian Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 framework contract for Client Side Commercial Assurance services with an estimated value of £7.2 million (inc VAT).
Southern Water has made a direct AMP8 contract award for the sampling of emerging contaminants with an estimated value of £2.018 million (inc VAT).
Northern Ireland Water has gone out to tender with a framework contract for the supply, delivery, installation,calibration, maintenance and repair of equipment for NIW Science Centres with an estimated value of c£4.3 million (inc VAT).
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee says the Government has made no commitment to a national flooding helpline in its official response published today to the EAC's report on ‘Flood resilience in England’.
The Future Water Association’s annual Networks November event kicked off last week with a Year in Water Review – a recap on the past year and what it means for the sector going forward.
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.