The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced details of two new intitiatives aimed at protecting coastal ecosystems and strengthening coastal resilience – the creation of a major intertidal habitat at Thorney Island and a pioneering marine restoration initiative to revive native kelp beds along England’s northeast coast.

Ovarro’s end-to-end leakage detection system, EnigmaREACH, has entered its fifth UK strategic deployment, as water companies adopt the proven technology to meet ambitious water loss targets.

Yorkshire Water was yesterday fined £733,333, plus costs and victim surcharges for polluting a Chesterfield country park stream three times in less than a year.

Water technology firm RSE has appointed experienced former Scottish Water executive Kes Juskowiak as its new operations director - in his role, Kes will focus on accelerating the adoption of RSE’s treatment solutions – both in the UK and in overseas markets.

Jacobs has been selected by Natural England and Defra (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) to provide coordination and field delivery services for the England Ecosystem Survey – the country’s largest ever field survey.

Severn Trent Water has gone out to tender on behalf of itself and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig with an AMP8 contract for core networks services with an estimated total value of £17.28 million (inc VAT).