The UK’s difficult planning process is impacting the nation’s drought resilence and water supply more than a lack of investment, according to Ofwat’s chief executive.
Speaking at a Public Accounts Committee meeting on 27 November, Ofwat chief executive David Black and chair Iain Coucher explained that the time it takes to…
The first pipes have been laid on Phase 1 of a 57km water pipeline designed to strengthen water security and resilience across the North East of England.
The Northumbrian Water scheme, dubbed Project Pipeline, represents a £155M investment and aims to reinforce supply links between the organisation’s reservoirs and treatment works…
The UK’s water sector has been beset by challenges over the past year – sewage spills and associated pollution, leaking pipes, aging infrastructure, and spiralling costs have dominated headlines.
The National Audit Office has further reported that a quarter of new flood defence projects will now not go ahead, despite…
New research from Anglian Water has shown that its region faces some of the most adverse effects of climate change in the near future and the utility has outlined plans for infrastructure upgrades to improve resilience in the area.
In early October all of England’s water companies were required to submit…
A public inquiry is underway over a planned £175M flood scheme in Oxford set to be one of the largest of its kind in the UK.
The inquiry on the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme began on 14 November and will last six weeks. The project involves creating a new 5km long, 60m wide…
Construction has started on a dual purpose project to build flood alleviation and a relief road for the village of Benson, which lies southeast of Oxford on the River Thames.
The £6.9M Benson relief road will be an alternative route from the A4074 and B4009, north of Benson. It is designed…
The Albert Embankment cofferdam built out into the River Thames in central London as part of Tideway has been re-flooded – signalling the latest milestone for the £4.5bn super sewer project.
The cofferdam along the Thames’ south bank in Lambeth was first created in November 2018 by building a wall of…
GHD has been appointed as one of the lead designers for Portsmouth Water’s Havant Thicket Reservoir project in Hampshire – the first major new UK reservoir in more than 30 years.
First reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the £325M Havant Thicket Reservoir will be designed to provide storage for…
Northumbrian Water's contractors are gearing up for over £15M of improvement works at various County Durham treatment facilities to protect water quality in the River Skerne.
The utility company said it would invest more than £10M upgrading Chilton Lane Sewage Treatment Works near Ferryhill, as well as sites at nearby Fishburn…
The Environment Agency expects to deliver far less through its £5.2bn flood-safety programme than originally forecast as skills shortages and inflation hold it back, a bleak report has warned.
Spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) said the public body had subtly slashed its forecast for properties protected in the six…
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