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United Utilities appoints Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd as Independent Technical Adviser to £3 billion Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme
United Utilities has appointed Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd as the Consultant who will act as the Independent Technical Adviser to its Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme – yesterday the utility announced the appointment of the Cascacade Infrastructure Ltd. consortium as the Competitively Appointed Provider (CAP) to the £3 billion programme.
Arup appointed to deliver design services for Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme
Global engineering and built environment consultancy Arup has signed contracts with STRABAG UK to deliver design services for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP).
Environmental Services & Solutions Expo 2025 unveils packed agenda featuring government leaders and industry trailblazers
Environmental Services & Solutions (ESS) Expo, the UK’s largest environmental event, has released the full speaker programme for its 2025 event, which now features seven shows spanning all corners of the environmental sector, under one roof at the NEC Birmingham.
United Utilities signs landmark agreement for £3 billion Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme
United Utilities has signed a landmark agreement to refurbish the crucial Haweswater aqueduct, that carries water from Cumbria to 2.5 million customers in Greater Manchester and Lancashire - nearly 5% of England's population.
RSE launches in North America to deliver Scottish-engineered water treatment solutions
Clean water technology company RSE has today opened its first American-based office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, taking the initial steps to catalyse its acquisition-focused North American growth strategy.
Defra tenders major £294.6 million contract for Future Hosting and Storage Services
The Department Of Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (Defra) has gone out to tender with a major contract for Future Hosting and Storage Services (FHAS) worth an estimated £294.6 million (inc VAT).
EU's Copernicus launches Thermal Trace platform to provide wealth of heat and cold stress data
As climate change is exacerbates heat stress around the world, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) have created Thermal Trace, a fast and intuitive application to explore maps, charts and decades of data to monitor heat and cold stress globally and how this is changing over time.
EA set to recover full annual costs of enforcement activities via water industry levy from April 2026 onwards
The Environment Agency has today confirmed it will seek to recover the full annual costs of its enforcement activities through the proposed water industry enforcement levy it first sought views on via public consultation in April 2025.
Southern Water clarifies application for River Test drought order following “misleading media coverage”
Southern Water has issued a statement clarifying its recent application for a Drought Order at the River Test following what it describes as “misleading media coverage”.
Industry must prepare for tighter restrictions on water use, says Evides Industriewater UK
Industrial process water and wastewater treatment specialists Evides Industriewater UK is warning that industry must prepare for tighter restrictions on water use in a new briefing paper released today.
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Future Water Networks November 2026 kicks off with AMP8 Year in Water review
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 explores new approach to sludge dewatering in UK-first municipal trial
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 strengthens its UK presence with acquisition of Hy‑Ram Engineering
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 in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
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.
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