The UK’s first plant to produce a bio-based raw material from sewage sludge is set to be installed by Royal HaskoningDHV at Blackburn Wastewater Treatment Works in Lancashire.
Thames Water will invest £400M upgrading two water treatment works located in London, the Coppermills and Hampton sites.
NI Water has awarded an early contractor involvement (ECI) contract to Kier-Bam joint venture and Stantec for the delivery of the Belfast Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) upgrade.
Yorkshire Water has signed a 15-year agreement to use the biomethane produced as a by-product of its sewage treatment processes to produce gas power for the UK.
Thames Water has published its drainage and wastewater management plan for the next 25 years, which will see the adoption of a nature-based approach to tackling sewage discharge and flooding.
Staffordshire is set to become home to the world’s first carbon neutral wastewater treatment plant after securing £10M through Ofwat’s £40M innovation competition announced last week.
National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt has welcomed the “ambitious targets” water companies have set to reduce drought risk in England.
A complex project to overhaul a San Francisco wastewater facility has reached a critical foundations phase.
Work is progressing in Belfast with a major project to increase capacity at the city’s wastewater treatment site.
Activity has begun on a replacement long sea outfall for the Withernsea Wastewater Treatment Works near Hollym in Yorkshire.
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