Environment Agency Wales has completed a programme of major improvement works to upgrade local flood defences. The Agency said that thousands of people in four North Wales villages would now be better protected from floods.
Communities in the North East will benefit from a £2.4 million package of schemes to help to protect them against the risk of flooding.
Communities in the Midlands are set to benefit from a £3 million package of schemes in 2011/12 to protect them against the risk of flooding.
Environment Minister Jane Davidson has announced the appointment of a new Chair to the Welsh body that advises on flood risk management.
Outer London boroughs could use green spaces such as parks and playing fields to help reduce flooding risk in the capital, the London Assembly heard this week.
Changing the course of the implementation of much-needed SuDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) from a legislation-based approach to piecemeal local planning could be fatal, particularly as we approach the flood season, according to Keyline, the UK's largest distributor of civils, drainage and utilities materials.
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.