Latest Water & Floods News

There is a sense of frustration surrounding the Thames Water situation and the state of the England and Wales’ private water sector generally.

The preferred medium-term beach improvement options for the protection of 15km of Eastbourne’s coast have been selected and are being designed by JBA Consulting.

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.

The twin dangers of flooding and water scarcity are increasing and highly urbanised areas such as London must adapt to mitigate the impact on people, property, and the environment. Here I discuss the concept of ‘sponge cities’ and what London would need to do to transform into one of these…

Anglian Water and Cambridge Water have released “emerging designs” for two new reservoirs in in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire as part of their community engagement process.

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”.

Thames Water is updating the designs for its proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) project following a community consultation late last year.

Costain has been selected by Thames Water to provide constructability advice and clay compaction trials to inform the designs of a new reservoir in Oxfordshire.

Portsmouth Water’s £325M Havant Thicket reservoir will feature “meticulously planned and executed” civil infrastructure to meet current and future needs according to the project’s engineering consultant GHD.

A landmark ruling from the UK Supreme Court relating to sewage dumping in water courses could lead to more owners of waterways taking legal action against polluting water companies.