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UU invests £23m in treatment works upgrade

UU invests £23m in treatment works upgrade

A site that has treated water for communities in Lancaster since 1927 is being upgraded with a £23 million investment by United Utilities to ensure compliance and resilience for the 21st century

4 years ago

IWC: Affinity restores seagrass to lock in carbon

Seagrass, which was once common around the UK's coast, is believed to be as effective as woodland at sequestering carbon but until now no framework existed to measure its efficacy. Affinity Water was awarded funding from Ofwat's Innovation in Water Challenge fund to restore seagrass in its region, create a seed nursery and develop the framework for carbon credits. Utility Week talks to Aaron Burton, Affinity's head of environmental strategy.

4 years ago

More changes at the top for Thames

4 years ago

Unearthing water’s Eureka moment   

4 years ago

Anglian boss says carbon offsetting should be local

4 years ago

SVT cuts sewer blockages and flooding by almost one-third

4 years ago

SVT invests £10m in training centre for staff and community

Severn Trent has committed to offer 100,000 hours of skills and employment training to help out of work customers find employment after the pandemic. The company has invested £10 million in learning and development schemes including its new academy in Coventry to benefit staff as well as the community

4 years ago

UU innovates to remove 200-tonne fatberg

4 years ago

Ofwat approves £850m green investment and £1.9bn for WINEP

4 years ago

Ofwat mulls more detailed leakage reporting requirement

4 years ago

NI Water granted £2.1bn of capital investment

After six years of underinvestment, Northern Ireland Water has been granted £2.1 billion to spend on capital investment programmes to improve infrastructure as well as to meet climate and environmental goals. The increase in capital investment will enable the company to provide wastewater treatment services that have lagged behind the rate of housing growth.

4 years ago

‘Modest’ impact of post-Covid working shift for utilities

4 years ago

‘Environmental cost of water should be added to its price’

4 years ago

Thames upgrades monitoring systems across London

4 years ago

Ofwat asks customers to share Covid-19 experiences

4 years ago

Water companies ‘on track’ for flooding resilience action

The Environment Agency has updated flood defence plans in readiness for increased extreme weather and set out obligations for water companies to make assets resilient over the next asset management period.

4 years ago

Welsh Water celebrates 20 years

Welsh Water is marking the 20th anniversary today of its acquisition by Glas Cymru to become a not-for-profit water and sewerage business.

4 years ago

Rolling out a smarter water future in London

4 years ago

Weekend press round-up: EVs ‘will be cheaper to produce than fossil fuel vehicles by 2027’

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, there are new estimates around the falling costs of electric vehicles. Meanwhile, Scottish Power chief executive Keith Anderson is interviewed and a trial by Northumbrian Water to extract hydrogen from waste byproducts is profiled.

4 years ago

Continuous analysis improves drinking water quality

4 years ago

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