Tide pools to enhance marine life are being installed in the rock revetment at Long Curtain Moat in Portsmouth as part of the Southsea Coastal Scheme.
The 18 concrete pools are designed to create ecosystems that mimic natural rock pools found on rocky coastlines. The pools retain water to increase the…
The latest upgrade work on Scottish Water's Katrine Aqueduct has been completed.
Built in 1859, the aqueduct serves more than 1.3M people in parts of Greater Glasgow and the central belt. The work will help improve the security of the water supply to customers. Over the past two years, 27km of…
This year’s ICE Prestige Lecture will discuss issues that water regulator Ofwat believes water engineers should focus on. The lecture is held in honour of Scottish engineer Dugald Clerk and takes place on 29 March. It is the ICE’s established keynote address for the water sector and will feature…
A £2M competition has been launched to spark innovation within the water sector.
Run by Ofwat in partnership with Nesta Challenges, Arup and Isle Utilities, the Innovation in Water Challenge seeks to find solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change and the risk of pollution in UK waterways. Entries for…
The Gambia River Basin Development Organisation has appointed a joint venture led by Vinci Construction to build the €388M (£302M) Sambangalou dam on the Gambia River in Senegal.
Construction of the dam, which is in south east Senegal near the Guinea border, will be delivered by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Vinci…
The £100.7M Boston Barrier Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme in Lincolnshire will be handed over to the Environment Agency next month after overcoming tidal challenges in its installation, Environment Agency project director Adam Robinson told NCE’s Future of Floods conference.
The barrier gate was installed in December last year, with “meticulous planning”…
Northumbrian Water Group is seeking contractors for a £40M framework covering concrete repairs to its structures in Essex and Suffolk.
The scope of works includes repairs to service reservoirs, water towers, aqueducts and river structures. The contract is for an initial four year period, with the option to extend up to…
With major flood events expected to increase dramatically in the coming decades due to the climate emergency, the government has boosted funding for UK flood defences to £5.2bn. It is hoped that this major investment will ensure that 336,000 properties across the nation are better protected from flooding by 2027.
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Despite a period of significant challenges, water companies are being encouraged to use the Covid-19 pandemic as a springboard to improve their environmental performance. But can the government’s push for what it terms a “green economic recovery” from the coronavirus crisis provide an opportunity to ramp up delivery of the…
As the upgrade of Glenmore Dam draws to a close, NCEexplores how the Canadian structure has evolved to help reduce flood risk, while increasing its water supply capacity
Canada’s Glenmore Reservoir has become an important landmark in the city of Calgary, providing clean water, flood mitigation and a recreational setting for…
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