Latest Water & Floods News

The £2.1M Weardale Natural Flood Management scheme, comprising 25 nature based features across County Durham, was completed last week.

Aggregate Industries, working with Jackson Civil Engineering, has delivered 89,000t of rock armour, via sea and road, to the Environment Agency’s £29M Stallingborough Sea Defence Improvement Scheme.

Welsh Water is looking for companies to carry out up to £752M of work on its network.

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.

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) has appointed Arup, AtkinsRéalis, Mott MacDonald and Stantec to its £160M engineering consultancy services framework for the eighth asset management period (AMP8), between 2025 and 2030.

Speaking to NCE at its Water conference on 20 June, South West Water director of asset management Mark Worsfold made clear the only long term path to improve public perceptions around water industry pollution and supply.

Speaking to NCE at its Water conference on 20 June, Safetytech Accelerator head of market development Helen Evans has warned that the art what's possible is not as big a challenge as embedding the possible into delivery.

AtkinsRéalis, Mott MacDonald and Stantec have been appointed by United Utilities for a £269M framework to provide detailed designs for sustainable water and wastewater solutions across the north west.

Oxfordshire County Council has granted planning consent to the £176M Oxford flood alleviation scheme, but it must be referred to central government before it receives a full green light.

Ofwat has opened enforcement cases againt four more water and wastewater companies due to how often they spill from storm overflows, meaning the regulator now has cases against all 11 water and wastewater companies operating in England and Wales.