Uisce Éireann has identified 72 cities, towns and villages across Ireland as priority locations for investment to help unlock new homes and support growing communities. The locations, in conjunction with rural areas and other communities, will benefit from the Government’s additional €2 billion funding programme announced as part of the National Development Plan.
The government has today published the new National Planning Policy Framework setting out the government’s policies for plan-making and for making decisions on development proposals in England and how these are expected to be applied.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has launched a public consultation on its proposed Article 161 Sewer Bond Incentivisation and Surety Policy Framework.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)is reporting that 18,771 new homes in East Anglia, Lincolnshire and the Home Counties are closer to being built following a landmark breakthrough between the government and Anglian Water.
Ahead of land, consent or even capital, it is the supply and treatment of water that is impacting the growth of housing, renewables and digital infrastructure in many areas. In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, James Cattermole, Partner - Infrastructures at Carter Jonas takes a look at water as a limiting factor on economic growth.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published England’s first ever Land Use Framework – a plan for delivering new homes, nature restoration, clean energy and food security.
Uisce Éireann has marked the commencement of works on a complete upgrade of Nenagh Wastewater Treatment plant - the €49 million investment will deliver deliver capacity for the equivalent of 3,000 new homes.
NI Water has updated Belfast City Council representatives on the current state of wastewater infrastructure in the city, highlighting the impact of long-term underinvestment on the ability to build new homes and jobs as well as contributing to a growing problem in Belfast Lough.
A new report from the NHBC Foundation – the Water Compendium - reveals that the UK is facing a projected short fall in potable water of five billion litres per day by 2050.
Wates Wildscape, a new business dedicated to delivering high-quality biodiversity habitat sites across the UK, has been launched by Wates.
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.