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Utilities will need to up their investment in replacing pipework and treatment plants as climate change increases pressure on the water infrastructure, engineers have warned.
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Being taken to task is proving to be a common theme for water companies in
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has lifted the country-wide hosepipe ban, which has been in force since 29 June. The ban was lifted at midday on 19 July after demand returned to “near normal levels”.
Anglian Water is embarking on the second phase of its push towards more on-site solar renewable energy generation at its water treatment sites.
The Environment Agency said water companies need to do more to protect the environment despite a gradual improving trend in environmental performance over recent years.
Scottish organic waste can “provide environmental and economic opportunities” according to a new report due to be published this week by Scotland’s Centre of Expertise for Water (CREW).
"Water is the most essential and precious of all of earth’s resources, it has enormous utility"
Northern Ireland Water said some of the sewers within Belfast, which date back to the early 1900s are in "very poor condition" and the £5 million upgrade work will bring the city into the 21st century.
United Utilities was fined £200,000 with additional costs of £54,000 agreed at a sentencing hearing in Bolton Crown Court yesterday (5 June) for drinking water offences in 2015.
Many parts of England will face “significant” water deficits by 2050 unless action is taken
Severn Trent is set to invest £100 million into its water business, as the utility
Pre-tax profits at home assistance specialists HomeServe have jumped by 25% in the last year,
Ofwat’s policy on leakage has been driven by a “considered view of evidence” rather than by national media headlines.
The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has pledged to “eliminate all avoidable plastic waste” which includes single-use products like wet wipes over the next 25 years.
Northumbrian Water have partnered with Suez UK and Utilis on a project to combat leakage using satelite technology.
Following on from last week’s Channel 4 “Fatberg Autopsy: Secrets of the Sewers” alongside its partner Thames Water, Lanes for Drains has launched a campaign to create an army of “Fatberg fighters.”
Yorkshire Water has announced its proposed top four goals for the future, after listening to the views of more than 18,000 customers
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) has announced the 13 big questions it will tackle ahead of its five-day long Innovation Festival 2018 to be held at Newcastle Racecourse between 9-13 July.
Severn Trent has been hit with a significant fine after a pollution incident in the River Amber resulted in tens of thousands of dead fish.
Yorkshire Water held its first solveIT hackathon event to discover “technology-led and data driven” opportunities which could help the company predict potential flooding and pollution incidents.