Water Corporation in Australia has completed a 2.1 km water pipeline for a housing development in Perth’s south-east suburbs, supporting the rapidly growing region with high-quality drinking water through the $4 million (€2.7 million) project. The Perth suburbs of Mundijong and Whitby will be enjoying increased supplies of water for years to come, with Mundijong... [Read More]

Engineers in the UK have now completed the first half of a 24 km pipeline between Lincoln and Ancaster. The pipeline, almost twice as long as the M6, and running from Lincolnshire to Essex will address the 30 million litre a day water shortage facing the east of England. Rebecca Pow, Environment Minister, and Caroline Johnson, MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, visited... [Read More]

A £25 million (€30 million) investment project to help protect London’s water supply for the next decade has been successfully completed ahead of schedule. Work to drain the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir in Walton-on-Thames in the UK, which stores around 10% of all of London’s pre-treated drinking water, began in April 2021 so that essential maintenance could be... [Read More]

A section of a £350 million (€420 million) water pipeline to protect Lincolnshire in the UK from water shortages has reached the halfway point. Anglian Water said the 24 km link connecting Lincoln and Ancaster will be the first section built of a new network that will create hundreds of kilometres of interconnecting pipelines. Once completed, it will run from Elsham... [Read More]

More than 1.5 km of new water pipes will be installed in London to protect residents from disruptive bursts. The £4.5 million (€5.3 million) project will see Thames Water working alongside gas company SGN to install pipes between 16 and 22 inches in diameter in Lewisham borough, strengthening the local network and preventing future leaks and bursts. The two companies... [Read More]

An ageing and unreliable water pipe in Wadhurst in the UK that has been repaired 16 times in three years is about to be replaced in a £25,000 (€29,800) investment. The project is to start to begin on Monday, 21 February, when South East Water will replace 175 metres of drinking water mains in the town. Don Knight, regional works delivery manager Sussex for South East... [Read More]

Former Prime Minister Theresa May helped open a new station capable of pumping up to 68 million litres of water a day - a 50% capacity increase and enough to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools. South East Water pumped more than £25 million (€29 million) into the expansion at Bray, which supplies top-quality drinking water to Berkshire as well as homes in Hampshire... [Read More]

New housing development in Perth's south-east will be supported for years to come following completion of a 2.1 kilometre water pipeline servicing the fast-growing suburbs. The $4 million (€2.5 million) project servicing of Mundijong and Whitby in Western Australia will provide a secure and reliable supply of high-quality drinking water to current and future residents. Mundijong... [Read More]

Minnesota cities and local water services will ramp up the removal of underground lead water pipes with $15 billion (€13 billion) funding over the next five years. Lead service lines deliver water to up to 10 million American households — about 7 percent of all residences served by community water services — endangering the health of residents who consume it. Support... [Read More]

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has completed more than half of the extension of several key water transmission pipelines in Dubai. This spans over 22km of pipeline with a diameter of 1,200 mm. The project location runs from Al Quoz Industrial Fourth to Al Thanyah Fifth, alongside Al Khail Road in Dubai. As per the approved plan, the project aims to increase... [Read More]

FVB which focuses on water purification and water supply, plants and pumps is now expanding its expertise to include pipe networks. FVB primarily works in the district heating and district cooling sector, but has also worked in the water and sewage industry for many years. This primarily involves investigations, design of wastewater treatment plants, improving energy... [Read More]

Welsh Water is investing £120 million (€144 million) to improve the reliability of its water supply and this includes using new camera systems to investigate the condition of these supply pipes. Traditionally, teams would dig trial holes to assess and survey pipes but this collaboration with API (Advanced Pipe Inspection) will speed up the process. The new camera system... [Read More]

Water-leak detection firm Aquarius Spectrum is expanding its operations in the US with the announcement of a new partnership with Everett J. Prescott (EJP). EJP was the first waterworks distributor north of Massachusetts to offer water main tapping and many other waterworks services. The company provides a large range of products and services, including water meters,... [Read More]

Severn Trent has begun water pipe replacement work in Nuneaton in the UK as part of a wider £3 million (€3.6 million) investment in Warwickshire. The work will include replacing 500 meters of ageing pipes providing customers with improved water quality and reliability for years to come. The Work is began on 14 January and will take 10 weeks to complete. Shannon Currall,... [Read More]

A proposal to transform the water supply for more than half Ireland’s population has begun. The three-month consultation will be on how Irish Water intends to supply homes and businesses in its eastern and midlands region, including piping water from the Shannon to the east coast. The draft Regional Water Resources Plan: Eastern and Midlands is the largest of four... [Read More]

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has completed their £8 million (€9.3 million) wastewater upgrade in the north of Cardiff. This investment work will help increase the sewer network capacity and improve the quality of the water released back into the environment. The work, which got underway in June 2020, involved replacing, cleaning and relining sections of the wastewater pipe... [Read More]