Across the globe, the infrastructure supporting water – delivering clean water and collecting wastewater - was laid in many instances over 100 years ago. This aging system, which supports access to one of humanity’s most critical resources, remains a key source of system disruptions.
Globally, more than 45Mm3 of water are lost per…
Construction of a £7M, 125m long concrete flood defence wall has been completed in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
A key project in South Yorkshire’s wider Rotherham Renaissance Flood Alleviation Scheme (RRFAS), the wall runs between the railway and the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal from Ickles Lock to Centenary Way in Rotherham town…
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has called for Network Rail to work more collaboratively with the Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and Scottish local authorities to ensure that railway-related flood risk is managed appropriately.
The recommendation comes as part of RAIB’s report into the embankment washout under a passenger train…
Surface water management will improve with sustainable drainage systems becoming mandatory for new developments, but what regulatory structure is needed to make it work?
The frequency and severity of extreme flooding in the UK has increased in recent years as a result of climate change, but until recently there has been…
Cambridgeshire authorities have welcomed intentions to accelerate the construction of the new Fens reservoir but have reservations about the overall plans for house building in the city of Cambridge.
Announced on Monday 24 July by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), the long-term plan for housing is intended…
Portsmouth Water has warned that design changes to a pipeline could result in delays to its £325M Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire scheme. Civils firm Ward & Burke was last year appointed to deliver a 4.6km long bi-direction pipeline running from Bedhampton pumping station to the proposed artificial storage lake…
The UK government has published its third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) which sets out its strategic five-year plan to boost resilience against climate change risks, which includes several measures to boost resilience of infrastructure assets.
The 2008 Climate Change Act requires the government to complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)…
The UK must maintain a privatised water sector if it is to achieve the necessary level of investment in infrastructure for future water security, the NIC chair has argued.
At the end of June, the immediate departure of Thames Water chief executive Sarah Bentley resigned with immediate effect as its performance…
Companies that pollute the environment will now face unlimited penalties after new legislation was introduced today (12 July).
The move comes after the completion of a government consultation that was brought forward as the environmental performances of the UK’s water companies has significantly slipped. The Environment Agency’s environmental performance report from…
Thames Water will need £2.5bn equity support from shareholders for its Asset Management Plan 8 (AMP8), 2025 to 2030, if it is to improve its “operational performance and financial resilience”.
The news comes as the water company’s shareholders have agreed to provide £750M of equity funding for AMP7, which will come…
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