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Drainage firm and Thames join forces to fight fatbergs

Following on from last week’s Channel 4 “Fatberg Autopsy: Secrets of the Sewers” alongside its partner Thames Water, Lanes for Drains has launched a campaign to create an army of “Fatberg fighters.”

7 years ago

Yorkshire Water announces five ‘big goals’ for the future

Yorkshire Water has announced its proposed top four goals for the future, after listening to the views of more than 18,000 customers

7 years ago

Northumbrian Water announces its “big questions”

Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) has announced the 13 big questions it will tackle ahead of its five-day long Innovation Festival 2018 to be held at Newcastle Racecourse between 9-13 July.

7 years ago

Yorkshire Water hosts hackathon to find flooding solutions

Yorkshire Water held its first solveIT hackathon event to discover “technology-led and data driven” opportunities which could help the company predict potential flooding and pollution incidents.

7 years ago

Northumbrian Water gets go-ahead for £2.6m sewer upgrade

Northumbrian Water has been granted planning permission to carry out a £2.6 million upgrade to its sewer network at New Brancepeth in County Durham.

7 years ago

United Utilities trading in line with group expectations

United Utilities has announced it is trading in line with group expectations and on course to see a slight increase in revenue on last year’s £1.7 billion, with “moderately higher” underlying profits than 2017’s £662 million.

7 years ago

Yorkshire Water appoints Sweco for telemetry project

Yorkshire Water has commissioned engineering, environment and design consultancy, Sweco UK to upgrade its monitoring system across its sewerage network.

7 years ago

Anglian Water pays £50,000 for polluting watercourse

Anglian Water has agreed to pay £50,000 to an environmental charity after a manhole overflowed with black sludge and grey liquid into a watercourse in Bedfordshire due to a blocked sewer.

7 years ago

Yorkshire Water calls for wipe manufacturers to help reduce blockages

Yorkshire Water has called on wet wipe manufacturers to do more to encourage customers to dispose of wipes in the bin as the company looks to reduce sewer blockages.

7 years ago

Northumbrian Water to invest £2.3m in flood prevention

Northumbrian Water plans to reduce the flooding risk in Cleveland village with a £2.3 million programme of works.

7 years ago

Environment Agency calls on water sector to cut pollution

The Environment Agency has called on water companies to cut the amount of pollution incidents harming England’s waters and for penalties to made tougher.

7 years ago

Severn Trent clamps down on firms polluting sewers

Severn Trent has gone to court in a bid to crackdown on companies illegally dumping waste, including chemicals, into its sewer system.

7 years ago

British Water’s chief executive to retire

The chief executive at British Water, Lloyd Martin, is retiring after two successful years in the role, his exact leaving date is not known.  

7 years ago

Yorkshire Water plugs leakages with 70 new inspectors

Yorkshire Water will employ around 70 new leakage inspectors to help meet its target of reducing the volume of water leaked from its network by 40 per cent by 2025.

7 years ago

Hull chosen to help with global water resilience framework

Hull council’s flood risk planning manager told Utility Week that she is delighted the city has been selected as one of five locations chosen to develop a global framework to help others prepare for pressure on their water systems.

7 years ago

UK infrastructure investment – utilities setting the pace

Following the death knell of the collapsed Carillion, formerly one of the UK’s major infrastructure players, there has been renewed interest – and concern – about infrastructure investment. Nigel Hawkins investigates.

7 years ago

United Utilities to install Europe’s largest Nereda plant

Europe’s largest Nereda process plant is set to be built at United Utilities’ wastewater treatment

7 years ago

Expert View: Unearthing the UK’s buried secrets

Previously I’ve written about how the UK is falling behind in relation to the serious

7 years ago

Severn Trent prosecutes second restaurant

Severn Trent has prosecuted a second restaurant for blocking sewers with fat, oil and grease

7 years ago

NI Water invests £10m in Bangor’s infrastructure

Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) is undertaking a “major capital” works programme to improve the

7 years ago

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