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Water companies should align their environmental spending with the UK’s new post-Brexit farm subsidy regime, a new report has recommended.
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The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has called on utilities and regulators to back the recommendations it has made to government about the investment needed for infrastructure.
The next election will be effectively fought between the Conservatives and Labour – and the
We’ve now passed the first, highly anticipated milestone of PR19. Water companies submitted their business
The upgrade scheme in Stroud, Gloucestershire will deliver drinking water to 55,000 people and will see 10 miles of new pipeline stretching from Whaddon to Minchinhampton reservoir.
Many utility assets are buried, but exactly where they are and how they intersect with other infrastructure beneath the surface is unclear.
Business plans for PR19 have been a long time in the making but, for now
Civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale has announced it has been awarded the £9 million main civils package at Barn Elms Sports Centre work site in Richmond, part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel (TTT) project.
Yorkshire Water says the first stage of its £300,000 satellite leak detection trial has been “hugely successful” and has saved 0.5 megalitres of water per day.
With a thump on its doormat or via a bulging inbox, Ofwat has taken delivery
Thames Water has installed a “special edition” manhole cover to mark the first anniversary of the discovery of the 130-tonne Whitechapel fatberg.
Labour has claimed that the water lost through leaks this decade would fill Loch Ness.
Severn Trent’s multi-billion pound capital infrastructure programme is being bolstered by a recruitment drive for its recently formed capital design department.
The chief executive of multi-utility company Ervia has revealed the company is rolling out a “major investment” programme to address deficiencies in infrastructure following the summer heatwave.
The company is looking at new technology to help it work towards its ambitious target to reduce leakage rates by 40 per cent by 2025.
Southern Water proposes to increase investment to £4 billion between 2020 to 2025 up from £3.2 billion for the current five-year price control period, the company revealed in its PR19 business plan.
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) has appointed a new water director who will set out the company’s ambition to be a “game changer” when it comes to tackling leakage.
The amount of water lost through leakage has risen for the second year running, prompting the water watchdog to urge companies to act.
The construction of a 7.3 mile-long water main south of Drybridge, near Dreghorn, to the west of Eglinton Country Park will reduce the risk of burst mains for customers for “decades to come,” the company said.