Severe flood warnings as River Thames reaches record levels
There are now 16 severe flood warnings in place for the River Thames and in parts of Somerset with army and navy on standby to help.
Govt announces 42 new flood schemes, urgent review of UK flood defences and new investment strategy
The Government has announced 42 new flood defence schemes for 2014 to 2015, an urgent review of additional work needed to restore UK flood defences and maintain them in target condition and a new long term investment strategy on flood defence in time for the Autumn Statement later this year.
Terrorism v flood risk – so how does the Government decide how to allocate resources?
The Prime Minister has told a Parliamentary Committee about the practical difficulties of allocating Government resources to risks currently facing the UK - including floods and terrorism.
Northumbrian Water plans innovative solution to flooding
Northumbrian Water is holding an event today to enable people in Cramlington to find out more about proposals to create a novel solution to help prevent flooding in the Megstone Avenue area of the town.
Government to make £100m of new money available for floods
The Government is to make an additional £100 million of new money available to help with the current floods.
Southern Water spends extra £70k a day to protect sewers from flooding
The extra cost of keeping Southern Water’s sewers working, as the South East experiences the worst series of storms in over 10 years, is running at more than £70,000 a day.
Welsh Assembly provides additional £2m for flood repairs
Welsh Assembly Minister for Natural Resources and Food, Alun Davies has announced an additional £2m to fund emergency repairs to flood defences that were damaged in the recent storms.
Government advisers warned over two years ago that not enough being done to address flood risk
The Government’s own independent advisers have said that not enough is being done to address flood risk - repeating warnings that they made over two years ago.
Network Rail uses coastal forecasting to protect assets from flood risk
The coastal floods of December 2013 caused significant damage to railway assets in North Wales, including more than 200m of the Mostyn sea wall which required emergency repair work by Network Rail.
South Downs take action against flooding and soil erosion
A new schems will see 600 native trees planted on farmland in the South Downs National Park to help prevent a repeat of recent disastrous flooding and soil erosion in the National Park.
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BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
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. -
ABB launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
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. -
Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
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 appoints new Director of Business Development
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.
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