NI Water’s recently completed Foyle Street Network Upgrades recently received a BREEAM Infrastructure rating of ‘Very Good’, recognising the sustainability-led approach taken throughout the delivery of the essential £4.2 milion water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades on Foyle Street, followed by the reinstatement of the Foyle Street Car Park in Derry/Londonderry last year.
The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) has gone out to tender with a contract for the provision of consolidated IT services with an estimated total value of £144,000.
Yorkshire Water has awarded an AMP8 contract for contingent labour services with an estimated total value of £50 million.
Northumbrian Water has awarded the final Lot in a contract for the supply of energy and gas across around 1,853 operational sites which went out to tender with a total estimated value of £780 million (inc VAT).
United Utilities has extended the deadline for tenders for an AMP8 contract for a Mechanical Services framework with a total estimated value of £57.6 million (inc VAT).
Last Mile has secured a major multi-utility contract for a landmark airfield redevelopment - Last Mile will help bring 6,500 new homes, five schools, and a range of commercial premises to the Waterbeach redevelopment in Cambridgeshire.
The government has announced that hundreds of England’s most threatened native wildlife are to be protected from extinction, thanks to the largest ever government funding for threatened species.
Flooding on the B1127 between Wrentham and Southwold is set to reduce thanks to a new drainage system installed by Natural England in the Easton Valley. – the flooding could be significantly reduced following the installation of an overflow system.
Severn Trent has installed a huge 60 tonne bridge over the River Derwent to Matlock Sewage Treatment Works as part of a £20 million Severn Trent investment in the town - a stunning timelapse video has shown the feat of engineering with a huge crane erected to pick up the 120ft-long bridge and lay it safely across the water to the site.
More than 30km of a new water pipeline have been constructed in the first phase of a major infrastructure investment to protect supplies for people in the North East.
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.