Thames Water has announced sewage sludge will be used to heat homes in West London early this year after successfully delivering its second gas-to-grid project at its Mogden sewage treatment works.
A byproduct of the sewage treatment process is sewage sludge, which is then digested to produce biogas. Mogden sewage treatment…
2023 was a significant year for Aco. From securing approval from the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) on our commitment to reduce Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, to the completion of the first phase of our site redevelopment works in Bedfordshire, we have created a solid foundation to lead the…
The Irish government has announced a €125M (£107M) investment for the next three years into a programme which helps rural areas deal with wastewater.
The Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme works by providing waste water collection and treatment services for villages and settlements that do not have access to public waste water…
Webuild has signed a contract worth $4.7bn (£3.7bn) to build an artificial lake at Trojena, one of the projects within the Saudi Arabian mega-project called Neom.
The construction will feature three new dams to create the 2.8km long freshwater lake. The planned construction includes a dramatic structure in front of the…
The government does not know if it is making the UK more resilient to flooding despite its £5.2bn plan, a report from the spending watchdog has concluded.
The Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC’s) Resilience to flooding report follows on from the National Audit Office’s (NAO’s) December report that concluded there is no…
Funding for flood defences in Wales must more than triple it is to keep up with the scale of change brought by the climate emergency, according to Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
The Welsh government-sponsored body issued a new report today calling for more focus and investment to be dedicated to holistic…
New Zealand’s Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel project has become NZ$204M (£100M) more expensive to deliver due to inflation which has increased labour and material costs.
As reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the water company responsible for the Central Interceptor, Watercare, recently revised the project’s budget to NZ$1.523bn (£750M), up…
The Environment Agency has defended its decision to continue its flood alert warning contract worth £19.5M to tarnished Japanese software company Fujitsu, despite its involvement in the Horizon Post Office scandal.
The Japanese IT giant is the subject of an inquiry to assess its part in the Horizon software scandal, which…
Isle of Wight Council has warned that further ground movement in Bonchurch, Ventnor, “cannot be ruled out” after the area was struck by one of its biggest ever landslides last month.
As first reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the major landslide on 10 December affected an area of about 42ha…
Northumbrian Water has announced seven partners to form its Living Water Enterprise (LWE) to deliver £3.6bn of work during the eighth asset management period (AMP8) between 2025 to 2030.
The LWE partners are Esh-Stantec, Avove, Farrans Construction, Costain, Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB), Bam and MWH Treatment. BAM, Costain and MMB have…
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