Shareholders have approved plans for an additional £2 billion (€2.32 billion) of expenditure aimed at improving performance and outcomes for customers, leakage and river health and to accelerate delivery of Thames Water’s turnaround. Thames Water hasapproved a £11.5 billion (€13.3 billion) business plan for the current regulatory period ending 31 March 2025,... [Read More]

A project to create a vast new underground stormwater storage tank is progressing well in Nelson in the UK. When complete, the tank will be 20 metres deep and 15 metres wide and hold almost 2,000 cubic metres of storm water. It will give Pendle’s sewer system additional capacity during times of heavy rainfall, and help to further improve water quality in nearby Pendle... [Read More]

A strong performance on innovation has put Northumbrian Water at the top of the annual water company performance survey carried out by British Water. British Water‘s annual UK Water Company Performance Survey asks contractors, consultants and suppliers to rate their clients’ performance in 11 areas, including innovation, professionalism, contractual approach and procurement.... [Read More]

OMV has conducted a production and injection test to analyse the geothermal potential in the Vienna Basin, Lower Austria. The test took place in the basement of the Vienna Basin, in the Hauptdolomit. A workover prepared the OMV well Aderklaa 96 for testing at a depth of about 2,900 m. Formation water was produced, temporarily stored above ground in sealed containers,... [Read More]

Southern Water is investing in a total of four pipelines, including two existing ones on the Isle of Sheppey in the UK. There will also be cross connections between the pipelines so water can be moved from one pipeline to another, giving the people of Sheppey a far more reliable water supply. This summer, the Isle of Sheppey suffered from a loss of water supply during... [Read More]

Pump and water product manufacturer Stuart Turner has acquired Aquatronic Group Management (AGM) - a key provider of cold-water boosting installation and maintenance equipment and services in the UK. Founded in 1906 and headquartered in Henley-on-Thames, Stuart Turner supplies water-boosting products that manage water pressure in residential and commercial/industrial... [Read More]

United Utilities and tech innovators ChangeMaker 3D have achieved a first in the UK water industry by demonstrating the use of 3D concrete printed components – with significant carbon, cost and labour savings. During a 12-month period, ChangeMaker 3D worked in partnership with United Utilities to successfully design, 3D-print and install a wastewater chamber at one... [Read More]

Anglian Water is using drones to identify inaccessible leaks before going to fix them. The drone surveys have been conducted around Ardleigh reservoir, Colchester, UK, with nearly 40,000 km of water pipe to survey. Much of this pipeline is found in rural and remote areas and the aerial drone technology can help reduce the cost and time taken to find a leak by pinpointing... [Read More]

Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services’ Water Division, has secured a new framework contract with South West Water to help further reduce leakage. This is Morrison Water Services’ first leakage detection framework contract and its first framework contract with the water firm. Initially the framework contract is for three years, with an option to extend... [Read More]

A five-year project to refurbish the Vyrnwy Aqueduct has taken a step forward with the contract awarded to carry out the next phase of work. The aqueduct runs from Lake Vyrnwy in Wales to Merseyside, and was completed in 1892. Earlier this year, United Utilities began to consult on plans to enhance the three, one metre diameter parallel pipelines, and ensure they can... [Read More]

An emergency water pipe was flown in by helicopter to increase water stocks in part of West Yorkshire in the UK, which have experienced the lowest rainfall in 130 years. Despite recent spells of rain, water levels at reservoirs in the Worth Valley are much lower than usual. According to Yorkshire Water, reservoirs need months of rain to help them return to their normal... [Read More]

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has outlined proposals to invest an extra £100 million (€115 million) before the end of 2025 to reduce phosphate discharges from its wastewater treatment works and to reduce the impact of Combined Storm Overflows (CSOs). This is in addition to the £836 million (€996 million) already budgeted in its Business Plan for 2020-2025. This would... [Read More]

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is struggling to meet growing water demand - especially for agriculture as it is the larger user of water, researchers have revealed. The war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the situation impacting especially food security with an unprecedented increase in food prices in the region. "Recycling water could supplement, or... [Read More]

Anglian Water has become the first UK company to issue a corporate green bond in the Canadian ‘maple’ bond market. The C$350 million (€266 million) bond raised will fund Anglian Water’s Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) which is delivering a new network of large-scale interconnecting pipelines to move water to drier areas. SPA is the biggest infrastructure... [Read More]

IWJS, one of the UK’s leading providers of services to wastewater networks, has been re-awarded the framework contract to continue delivering essential services to Anglian Water to 2025. There is also an option to extend it for a further two years. IWJS, a part of M Group Services, an essential infrastructure services provider in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications... [Read More]

A total of 1,400 households in West Cumbria in the UK are the first to receive their water from a new £300 million (€358 million) pipeline and treatment works. Since 2015, United Utilities has been constructing a 100 km pipeline to provide 80,000 households and businesses in West Cumbria with a more sustainable source of water from Thirlmere reservoir. At the time... [Read More]