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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

Anglian Water plans to invest £800m for resilient network

Anglian Water has outlined proposals to invest more than £800 million to build a resilient water network for the future as part of its draft water resources management plan (WRMP).

7 years ago

Northumbrian Water signs green deal with Orsted

Northumbrian Water will power all 1,858 of its sites using renewable electricity for the next four years after signing a deal with Danish energy supplier Orsted.

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

Severn Trent completes £40m reservoir expansion

Severn Trent has invested more than £40 million to expand Ambergate reservoir, which provides fresh water to parts of the East Midlands.

7 years ago

Bristol Water pays out £100,000 for crypto incident

Bristol Water has paid out more than £100,000 in compensation to customers who experienced supply interruptions after the discovery of cryptosporidium at its Clevedon treatment works in January.

7 years ago

Lambeth Council criticises Thames for supply disruptions

Thames Water has been criticised for its “massive, catastrophic failure” in the aftermath of the cold snap earlier this month, which “brought havoc” to the south of the London borough.

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

Ancala completes Portsmouth Water acquisition

Infrastructure investment manager Ancala Partners has completed its acquisition of Portsmouth Water.

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

What will Ofwat’s supply interruptions probe include?

Sudden severe weather caused water supply outages across the UK. Now Ofwat is scrutinising how well companies dealt with them in a formal investigation. Katey Pigden reports.

7 years ago

Northumbrian Water’s directors to survive on 50 litres per day

A team of Northumbrian Water’s directors will attempt to live on 50 litres of water a day, in a bid to experience the hardship of supply issues for residents in Cape Town.

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

Bristol Water no longer requires new reservoir at Cheddar

Bristol Water no longer requires a new reservoir at Cheddar, according to its draft water resources management plan (WRMP) for 2020-2045.

7 years ago

Ofwat launches investigation into supply interruptions

Ofwat has launched an investigation to get to “the bottom” of recent water supply interruptions experienced by customers following the freeze and thaw.

7 years ago

Water firms hit with criticism for supply issues

Water supply issues plagued the UK after a rapid thaw caused multiple pipe bursts, and water companies have taken the rap for being ill-prepared. Katey Pigden reports.

7 years ago

Ofwat to report on lessons of water supply disruption

Ofwat has been asked to report to the government by the end of the month with “initial lessons” about water supply disruptions throughout the country following the cold spell and rapid thaw.

7 years ago

Ofwat accuses water firms of being ill-prepared for adverse weather

Several water companies have "fallen well short" on their forward planning to ensure the recent adverse weather did not impact water supplies, Ofwat has said.

7 years ago

Affinity Water awards £55m contracts to prepare for HS2

Affinity Water has awarded contracts worth an estimated combined £55 million to undertake network modifications needed for the proposed high speed two (HS2) rail project.

7 years ago

Severn Trent consults on water resources management plan

Severn Trent is asking customers for their views on its draft water resources management plan (WRMP), which includes a 25-year forecast for factors likely to impact the water sector.

7 years ago

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