Thames Water, Wessex Water and Southern Water have defended themselves amid claims of damaging sewage discharges – and promised a raft of infrastructure projects to tackle the issue.
The Environment Agency’s sub-contractor Socotec has commenced ground investigations and groundwater investigations for the new Ventnor coastal defence scheme on the Isle of Wight.
A £3M overhaul of vital coastal flood defences in Plymouth begins today and will see Kier conduct the work on behalf of the Environment Agency.
The long awaited reopening of a major road in Derbyshire has signalled the end of more than a year’s worth of flood defence work by Jackson Civil Engineering.
Thames Water has engaged Jacobs to develop new technology that can fix leaks on water mains without the need to dig a hole.
Water quality improvement in Pudsey Beck as it flows through Leeds and Bradford is being targeted by a £36M investment by Yorkshire Water.
Norwegian authorities are considering the installation of a temporary bridge to replace the Randklev railway bridge that was washed away by Storm Hans earlier this month.
HB Tunnelling has completed the construction of a 252m long tunnel that will form a section of a new trunk water main in Glasgow.
Water company United Utilities has alerted contractors that it has started procurement for its £6bn “build only” delivery runway for asset management period 8 (AMP8), which runs from 2025 to 2030, and AMP9, which starts in 2030 and runs through to 2035.
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