New environment secretary Ranil Jayawardena is looking to increase maximum civil penalties for water companies’ environmental pollution by 1,000-fold from £250,000 up to £250M.
Meanwhile, Ofwat has this week announced fines for 11 of the UK’s 17 water companies for missed targets on areas such as water supply interruptions, pollution interruptions…
A Thames Water tanker lorry slipped into a 6m wide “sinkhole” in Wokingham, Berkshire, following a sewer collapse over the week, as reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering.
Thames Water contractors have been carrying out ground surveys to assist with the removal of the lorry, which, as of Monday…
Pipeline technology experts have played down assertions that the Nord Stream leaks are irreparable.
The Nord Stream pipeline, which links Russia with Europe for natural gas transportation, started to leak on Wednesday 28 September after a number of explosions were detected. Nord Stream AG, operators of the pipeline, had previously stated…
Scottish Water is using “state-of-the-art” drones and lasers to improve its sewer network and cut carbon emissions.
The hi-tech drones have been adapted for use in the waste water industry and are deployed to survey the sewers for potential problems, often flying to parts of the network that humans can’t…
Pipeline operator Nord Stream AG is assessing the damage caused by two major leaks in its gas pipelines, and has launched an investigation into the incident.
The Nord Stream pipelines transporting gas between Russia and Europe leaked in two locations into the Baltic Sea yesterday. The operator said: "Nord Stream AG…
Irish Rail has awarded Jacobs the contract to develop the "largest coastal protection scheme" in northwestern Europe.
Jacobs has been commissioned for detailed design and planning services for the East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection Projects (ECRIPP) program. ECRIPP is Irish Rail's attempt to defend long sections of the Dublin to…
Kier has begun the £15M permanent repairs to the Toddbrook Reservoir dam in Whaley Bridge.
The project is likely to take around two years to complete, with the reservoir due to reopen in late 2024. It comes more than three years after the partial collapse of the dam’s concrete spillway. On 1…
The Environment Agency has revealed £35M plans for a flood scheme in Canvey Island to replace defences that are nearly 70 years old.
On Thursday 22 September Environment Agency officials presented its plans for the scheme to replace 3.2km of revetment from Thorney Bay to the Island Yacht Club. The Environment…
A multi-million-pound resilience project has been successfully delivered on the Cambrian Line in Wales to minimise flood disruption.
A trio of storms in February forced the railway between Welshpool and Newtown to close for six weeks while engineers from Network Rail and AmcoGiffen worked to fix over a dozen washouts caused…
A multimillion-pound scheme to rebuild a century-old sea wall in Swansea is set to be approved by the council.
The £14M plans to defend the community of Mumbles from flooding and rising sea levels were recommended for approval at Swansea Council on 15 September but were delayed due to the national…
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