Good progress is being made on the repairs to Toddbrook Reservoir dam, two years after the partial collapse of its concrete spillway in 2019 according to its owner.
On 1 August 2019, a single slab of the dam’s spillway chute collapsed into a large void that had formed underneath. A brown…
Questions have been raised over the possible causes of the collapse of a historic dam on the River Aire in Leeds.
The 17th century Grade II-listed Newlay Weir failed in February this year, with its collapse attributed to high water levels during Storm Christoph. However, geotechnical consultant Edward Murray told NCE…
A new underwater robot could “revolutionise” future reservoir maintenance.
Known as Valiant, the robot has been trialled by the Canal & River Trust on Carr Mill Reservoir near St Helens in Merseyside. The tracked remote-operated vehicle has allowed Canal & River Trust engineers and contractor Kier to carry out importance maintenance…
Portsmouth Water’s £100M Havant Thicket Reservoir has been given the go ahead by Hampshire councillors.
It will be the first major new reservoir in the UK for decades, after East Hampshire District Council’s planning committee resolved to grant planning permission. The project is an environmentally-led scheme which will secure vital…
With increasing pressure on water resources, can marginal gains move water supply closer to net zero? By Steve Leigh and Richard Leigh.
Climate change, population growth and increasingly leisure orientated lifestyles are all creating greater demand for water. This has been exacerbated by the increase in demand generated by home workers,…
Construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel has reached a major milestone following the excavation of a 60m deep shaft at the King Edward Memorial Park site in Wapping.
The shaft is the deepest and the last of 21 shafts to be excavated for the "super sewer" project which involves constructing a…
Ofwat has committed £850M of funding to support new initiatives put forward by England’s water companies following a challenge set down last year them to identify ways to support the country’s green economic recovery from Covid-19.
The challenge was put out to industry the water services regulator in collaboration with Department…
The latest episode of The Engineers Collective is out now.
Joining NCE features editor Nadine Buddoo and reporter Catherine Kennedy are Tim Barrett, who is senior environmental specialist for the Port of San Diego’s environmental conservation department and Andrew Rella, global director of engineering for eco-engineering company ECOncrete. They explain how a blue…
The Environment Agency has reached another major milestone in the development of the £45M York Flood Alleviation Scheme with construction getting underway in four areas of the city.
Work is starting this week under Lendal Bridge to prepare for the installation of a new, larger floodgate, while flood wall construction has…
Portsmouth Water has confirmed the suppliers in the running to help deliver its £100M Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire – the first major new water storage reservoir in the UK since the 1980s.
Following a pre-qualification process, the company has now issued formal invites to tender for the two main work…
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