Uisce Éireann - Greater Dublin Drainage Project moves forward as preparatory works begin
Uisce Éireann has announced that preparatory works are now underway on the Greater Dublin Drainage (GDD) Project after the project received the green light in December 2025 – the critical national infrastructure project remains on track for accelerated completion in 2031.
Yorkshire Water - Living with Water partnership announces £26.3m flood resilience plan for Hull and East Yorkshire
The Living with Water partnership has announced the next phase of its plans to reduce flood risk in Hull and the East Riding, marking a continuation of investment in long-term, sustainable water management.
SuDS - Institution of Civil Engineers call for immediate implementation of Schedule 3 of Flood and Water Management Act
Following today’s publication of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Flood Resilience in England, the Institution of Civil Engineers is calling for the immediate implementation of Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act.
UK flood cleanup costs reach up to £566 million per year - with 57% of councils reporting overwhelmed sewers
UK councils suffer on average 43 flooding incidents a year, with nationwide recovery costs of up to £566 million, according to findings from Infrastructure Policy Advancement (IPA), the policy think-tank at Bentley Systems Inc. More than half of councils (57%) also reported that their sewer systems had been overwhelmed in the last decade.
Sponge cities could reduce flooding risk for 4.6 million properties, suggests new paper
A new report co-authored by the Infrastructure Policy Advancement (IPA) thinktank, part of Bentley Systems, and Aqua Consultants, with support from British Water, is calling for mandatory sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS).
Translink tenders £10 million contract for drainage and interceptor maintenance work
Northern Ireland bus and train services provider Translink has gone out to tender with a contract for drainage and interceptor maintenance services worth an estimated £10 million.
Network Rail – new £45 billion rail improvement plan includes £2.8bn spend on thousands of miles of drains, cuttings and embankments
Network Rail has today announced the start of its five-year, £45.4 billion rail improvement plan which includes around £2.8 billion in activities and technology that will help it better cope with extreme weather and climate change over the five years to 2029.
Government to make sustainable drainage systems mandatory to new developments from 2024
The Government has announced it will make sustainable drainage systems mandatory to new developments in England – the new approach to sustainable drainage is set to reduce flood risk and clean up rivers.
Environment Agency partnership completes river reset project to eliminate 117 tonnes+ of carbon, help drought and reduce flooding
The Environment Agency has completed a river restoration partnership project which will eliminate more than 117 tonnes of carbon, help drought and reduce flooding.
Storm overflows - Southern Water Pathfinder report sets out plans to cut pollution in Swalecliffe
A new report setting out how Southern Water plans to reduce pollution in Swalecliffe and the surrounding area has been published by the water company’s Storm Overflows Task Force.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply. -
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