Water sector supply chain companies are being invited to share their experiences of working with UK utilities over the past 12 months with British Water.

Mark Fletcher, global water leader at Arup and an Arup Fellow, has been announced as British Water’s new chair. 

Northumbrian Water Group has gone out to tender with a contract for the provision of technical and commercial services relating predominantly to capital investment on both its infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects and programmes worth an estimated £152 million.

NI Water has announced a £1.2 billion Major Project Partnership Framework (MPPF), which will deliver large, capital works projects (over £10m in value) on water and wastewater infrastructure across Northern Ireland.

Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive at the Environment Agency, has urged the insurance industry to invest more to tackle the climate emergency, pointing out that “most of that potential investment will come from the private sector, which can marshal much bigger resources than any government.”

The importance of supply chain resilience in the water sector was the overarching message from Baroness Brown, speaking at a British Water reception held at the House of Lords this week.

A new survey from British Water reveals there is an ongoing lack of innovation uptake by water companies and their supply chain delivery partners.

A new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers shows how infrastructure projects, programmes, and supply chain businesses are using systems thinking to deliver better outcomes - with Tideway and Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance cited as exemplar projects.

British Water (BW) and the Water Industry Forum (WIF) have announced that the merger of the two organisations has been completed.

Leading water and wastewater trade association British Water is seeking input from companies of all shapes and sizes active in the UK water industry into a survey in key areas of interest for the wider water sector supply chain.