Wastewater treatment

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Wessex pledges £3m a month to tackle overflows

Wessex Water has set out plans to reduce the risk of harm from combined sewer overflows across its region with £150 million investment to 2025 to increase capacity at treatment plants, add nature-based solutions and separate foul from surface water.

3 years ago

Anglian fined for ‘reactive’ response to sewage spillage

3 years ago

People struggle to identify environmental impacts of water habits

3 years ago

Tunnelling completed on Thames Tideway

3 years ago

Ofwat proposes new approach to resilience monitoring

Ofwat has proposed a new approach to monitoring and regulating operational resilience as it takes a longer-term view of sector-wide challenges. The regulator said this will include asking water companies to report on a series of new measures covering asset health, unplanned maintenance and equipment failures that will eventually be consolidated into an “integrated monitoring framework”.

3 years ago

Leakage and wastewater emissions focus for innovation winners

3 years ago

Water CEOs say it’s time to address drains under strain

3 years ago

Public see sewage as biggest cause of river pollution

3 years ago

Affordability, resilience and fairness key for billpayers at PR24

3 years ago

Customer satisfaction high but trust low in water sector

3 years ago

EDM data reveals scale of CSO challenge

3 years ago

Defra demands 80% CSO cut by 2050

3 years ago

Wessex calls for regulatory reform to meet strategic outcomes

3 years ago

OEP ‘keenly interested’ in agricultural polluters

3 years ago

UU proposes climate change bonus incentive

3 years ago

SVT seeks partners for £2.5bn capital programme

3 years ago

Public awareness soars as 100th wipe passes Fine to Flush

3 years ago

Scottish Water forms research and innovation hub

3 years ago

Ofwat awards £5.2m to innovation winners

Ofwat has named 13 projects that will be awarded a share of £5.2 million from its innovation fund for the second year of its Water Breakthrough Challenge. The projects will receive between £155,000 and £760,000 each to develop collaborative cross-sector innovations that improve water quality, reduce pollution and raise customer service levels as part of the competition's Catalyst Stream.

3 years ago

UU completes £164m rebuild of Lancashire wastewater plant

3 years ago