United Utilities is seeking a technical advisor in a £50M contract to aid the delivery of its £1.75bn Haweswater Aqueduct resilience scheme to replace tunnels that provide water for the Lake District.
Thames Water’s shareholders will not provide the £500M equity investment that had been promised by 31 March as conditions for the company’s turnaround have not been met.
New Environment Agency data showing a significant increase in sewage spills in England during 2023 has been variously described as “unacceptable”, “squalid”, “outrageous” and “a shitshow”.
Anglian Water and Cambridge Water will look to submit development consent order (DCO) application for their £2.2bn Fenlands reservoir in 2026 with a view to construction starting in 2029.
An Ofwat innovation project is leveraging a library of sewer images to instruct artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the condition of pipelines and drains.
The leaders of water companies based in the UK will be banned from receiving bonuses if their organisations commit “serious” criminal breaches, under new government legislation.
The government’s electricity networks commissioner believes Ofgem should start incentivising power generation projects to get through the planning stage “efficiently and effectively”.
Thames Water has come under fire for its accelerated plans to pump treated sewage into the River Thames during droughts to replace water it abstracts for drinking.
November was a relatively quiet month for people moves in construction, but firms including Balfour, Costain and Keltbray have all strengthened their senior teams.
The UK’s difficult planning process is impacting the nation’s drought resilence and water supply more than a lack of investment, according to Ofwat’s chief executive.
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