Design changes to Thames Water’s proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) drought resilience scheme have been published following consultation feedback.
A Jacobs Mott MacDonald joint venture has been appointed by Thames Water to help develop proposals for new infrastructure to mitigate drought risk in London.
Thames Water has received government approval for its Water Resource Management Plan (WRMP), outlining its approach to ensuring a secure and sustainable water supply for the next 50 years.
Thames Water is undertaking a £21M works to increase capacity at Cirencester sewage treatment works (STW) and is readying a £240M contract for upgrading its Oxford STW.
Southern Water has alerted the market that it will be procuring for a technical partner to help develop a scheme involving an 85km pipeline, associated treatment works and other infrastructure.
Ofwat has proposed that Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water pay a combined £168M in fines for failures in management of their wastewater treatment works and networks.
Barhale has secured a £14.8M package with Thames Water to carry out rehabilitation works on New River, one of London’s oldest water infrastructure assets.
There is a sense of frustration surrounding the Thames Water situation and the state of the England and Wales’ private water sector generally.
Water regulator Ofwat has slashed £16bn from the sector’s proposed investment over the next five years, to the water companies’ consternation, and introduced a new funding model for major projects.
Thames Water has said its assets remain in “poor” condition despite £2.1bn investment in the last year and a further £3.5bn will be needed to “hold asset deterioration stable”.
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