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Many utility assets are buried, but exactly where they are and how they intersect with other infrastructure beneath the surface is unclear.
6 years ago
Business plans for PR19 have been a long time in the making but, for now
Civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale has announced it has been awarded the £9 million main civils package at Barn Elms Sports Centre work site in Richmond, part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel (TTT) project.
With a thump on its doormat or via a bulging inbox, Ofwat has taken delivery
Thames Water has installed a “special edition” manhole cover to mark the first anniversary of the discovery of the 130-tonne Whitechapel fatberg.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has had to tackle two major blockages in its sewer system in as many days. The water company discovered a fatberg on Wednesday (22 August) which was so thick it had risen to the top of a manhole cover.
The lifespan of Yorkshire Water’s underground sewers could increase by up to 50 years after the company has trialled a “no dig” gravity fed lining system in what it describes as a “world first”.
Welsh Water is urging customers to be “vigilant for signs of pollution” as the recent prolonged dry weather has increased the risk of blockages in the sewer system.
“What would have been leading performance when I came to Northumbrian Water just wouldn’t pass now.”
The £100 million tunnel stretches 3.1 miles from Craigton to Queen’s Park via Bellahouston and Pollok parks and flows have started to run through it from across the south-side of the city.
Being taken to task is proving to be a common theme for water companies in
The Environment Agency said water companies need to do more to protect the environment despite a gradual improving trend in environmental performance over recent years.
"Water is the most essential and precious of all of earth’s resources, it has enormous utility"
Severn Trent hopes its successful prosecution of a firm that discharged excess trade effluent into
Northern Ireland Water said some of the sewers within Belfast, which date back to the early 1900s are in "very poor condition" and the £5 million upgrade work will bring the city into the 21st century.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has been fined a record £40,000 for polluting a river in County Londonderry with raw sewage.
The water sector’s war on wet wipes has reached new heights, as the government wades into the environmental debate. Utility Week reports.
7 years ago
Yorkshire Water has launched a flooding reduction project called “Soak it up” to collect rainwater and help reduce the amount of water in the firm’s network of pipes and sewers.
The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has pledged to “eliminate all avoidable plastic waste” which includes single-use products like wet wipes over the next 25 years.
Northumbrian Water have partnered with Suez UK and Utilis on a project to combat leakage using satelite technology.