World Water Day: UN's High Level Panel announces early steps to tackle water challenges
The twelve Leaders who make up the United Nation's High Level Panel on Water have announced a series of early steps taken following on from last September’s Action Plan which called for a new approach to water management that will help to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
ICE extends submission deadline for Coasts & Marine Structures Conference until 31 March 2017
The Institution of Civil Engineers has extended the deadline for submissions for its Innovation Spotlight at ICE’s upcoming 11th Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters Conference until Friday 31 March.
British Water publishes code of practice for SuDS technology
Trade organisation British Water has published a code of practice for assessing surface water treatment technologies –the document, which took over two years to develop, has been supported by the Environment Agency and manufacturers of surface water treatment devices.
€6.7m EU boost to improve bathing waters in Ireland and Wales
A €6.7 million EU-backed initiative to combat the effects of pollution on bathing waters in Wales and Ireland has been announced by Welsh Assembly Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford and the Irish Government’s Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, T.D.
Day one thinking: using programme management to control risks in the water sector
In an Expert Focus article for Waterbriefing, Paul Taylor, Head of Programme Development in the UK for MWH, now part of Stantec, explains how the UK water sector can use programme management to control risks.
Retail market: Peel Ports tenders £4.5m water and sewerage services contract
Peel Ports has gone out to tender with a contract for the supply of water, wastewater and ancillary goods, works and services worth up to an estimated £4.5 million.
World Water Day – how technology is helping to overcome water scarcity challenges in the MENA
In an Expert Focus article for Waterbriefing, Mat Toy, client director at Atkins, discusses how technology is helping to overcome the challenges of water scarcity in the (Middle East and North African (MENA) region.
Balfour Beatty chief: construction sector must play part in addressing post-Brexit skills crisis
Leo Quinn, Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive and founder of The 5% Club, has called for the construction industry to play its part in addressing the skills crisis post-Brexit.
Businesses invited to quiz retailers about new water market
Businesses across London and the South East of England can quiz the new water retailers that will soon be competing for their cash at a meeting hosted by the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) this Thursday.
Report says circular solutions to water stress could save 11% of global water demand
Circular economy solutions for global water stress offer the potential to save 400 billion m3 of water yearly, equivalent to 11% of global water demand and almost the entire water consumption in the US, according to a new report.
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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. -
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.
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