Water Minister Emma Hardy highlighted the significant challenges and opportunities for the UK water sector in the keynote speech at the British Water Annual Conference in Coventry yesterday.
Uisce Éireann has reached a major milestone in its €58 million investment to future-proof wastewater infrastructure in Ballyjamesduff and Virginia in County Cavan.
The Environment Agency tested the £7 million Northwich Flood Risk Management Scheme last week - the Agency is carrying out a large-scale training exercise in Northwich as part of a winter preparedness programme to make sure it is ready to respond to flood incidents.
Scottish Water has completed its biggest ever multi-million pound water infrastructure investment, benefiting almost one million people in the west of Scotland.
Uisce Éireann has commenced critical multi-million euro upgrade works at the Monroe Water Treatment Plant, as part of its multi-million investment to strengthen and safeguard Clonmel’s water supply.
Scottish Water is nearing completion of a £3 million project to help prevent wet wipes and other sewer related debris from entering the Water of Leith at Murrayfield in Edinburgh.
Uisce Éireann is getting ready to start work on a major water main upgrade in Lismore to improve reliability of water supply in the town.
Uisce Éireann has published a Submissions Report for the Water Supply Project Eastern and Midlands Region following public consultation earlier this year. This will be one of the largest infrastructure projects in the history of the country with the capacity to address supply water needs for up to 50% of the State’s population.
Changes to the environmental permitting system will reduce waiting times for permits – getting businesses building, delivering much-needed new housing and infrastructure, and unlocking economic growth, Environment Minister Emma Hardy has announced today.
Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has created a tool to identify and ‘design out’ potential carbon hotspots at the earliest possible stage of infrastructure projects.