Agricultural land will be better protected from flooding following £75M of funding announced by the government during the Spring Budget for internal drainage boards (IDBs).
IDBs are designed to enable local authorities to work together, with the input of relevant stakeholders, to manage land drainage and mitigate flood risks. In its…
Thames Water will invest £400M upgrading two water treatment works located in London, the Coppermills and Hampton sites.
The capital’s water provider will invest the funding on improving London’s infrastructure and water supply resilience. The planned upgrades at Coppermills and Hampton water treatment works will replace some of the company’s ageing…
Underground pumping stations will form part of the £500M Grangemouth flood protection scheme in Scotland if Falkirk Council’s ‘preferred scheme’ goes ahead.
Jacobs has produced a visualisation of the scheme which is currently scheduled to include flood defence walls and embankments, flood gates, flow control structures, drainage works and the replacement…
An Ofwat innovation project is leveraging a library of sewer images to instruct artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the condition of pipelines and drains.
The Water Research Centre (WRC) worked on the Ofwat innovation project to supplement its 1980 industry essential guide, the Manual of Sewer Condition Classification (MSCC), with a…
Thames Water has begun its £20M project to replace more than 1km of ageing water mains pipes in East London today, Monday, 4 March.
The water company is investing £20 million upgrading over 1,300 meters of ageing water mains pipes in East London on Mile End Road and Burdett Road in…
The Environment Agency has provided an update saying that it is still “exploring options” for flood protection in the Bournville and Stirchley areas of Birmingham.
Bournville and Stirchley are areas in south Birmingham through which have the “heavily urbanised” watercourse called The Bourn running through them on the way to meeting…
New Civil Engineer has revealed the first speakers set to appear at NCE Flood Resilience 2024 on 24 April.
Bringing together over 150 of the industry’s key stakeholders, consultants, contractors and clients, the event provides a fantastic forum to explore the latest strategies, innovation and best practice being deployed in the…
Tree planting and wetland creation will be carried out at 40 locations in England led by community groups, charities and local authorities, funded by the UK Government’s £25M natural flood management (NFM) programme.
The funding was originally announced in 2023 and is designed to support schemes across England that use natural…
North Ayrshire Council has reported that its three major flood protection schemes, including the £48M Millport Flood Protection Scheme, remain “on track”.
The Millburn flood alleviation scheme, also in Millport, is due to be tendered in 2024 for construction in 2025. Additionally, most of the works on the Upper Garnock Valley…
Esh Construction has announced it is using the National Underground Asset Register (Nuar) on site after helping to shape the technology’s development with Northumbrian Water.
Nuar was created by AtkinsRéalis on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Geospatial Commission to digitally map data on underground…
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