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Yorkshire Water awards AMP7 contract to Arup and Costain

Arup and Costain have jointly won a health and safety assurance framework contract as part of Yorkshire Water’s capital investment programme for AMP7.

6 years ago

Severn Trent and United Utilities join water innovation fund

6 years ago

United Utilities awards three contracts as part of AMP7

United Utilities has awarded three five-year contracts worth £17 million per year to Sapphire Utility

6 years ago

Yorkshire Water begins Bradford sewer checks

Yorkshire Water have started sewer checks in parts of Bradford Moor and Thornbury in a

6 years ago

Northumbrian Water moves into next phase of £3m upgrade

Northumbrian Water is ready to embark on the next phase of a £3 million project to clean and upgrade 9km of water mains across parts of Newcastle, North Tyneside, and Gateshead.

6 years ago

Hull project brings industry and community together to tackle water resilience

As the clock ticks down on another AMP cycle, the weather turns colder and political

6 years ago

The supply chain holds the key for innovation in AMP7

6 years ago

Yorkshire Water customers pledge to stop flushing wipes

A campaign by Yorkshire Water to tackle the growing problem of wet wipes blocking sewers saw more than 99 per cent of Leeds residents who previously flushed wipes vow to change their ways.

6 years ago

Energy sector hoping for a soft Brexit

6 years ago

Yorkshire Water donates £200,000 for pollution incident

Yorkshire Water has donated £200,000 to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust through an Enforcement Undertaking (EU) following a pollution incident near Doncaster.

6 years ago

SES Water increases customers on social tariff

6 years ago

United Utilities announces long-term partnerships

United Utilities has announced it has awarded a number of long-term contracts to businesses based in its North West operating area.

6 years ago

Water bill rise prompts further call to renationalise industry

As water and sewerage bills increase by an average of 2 per cent for homes in England and Wales from today (1 April), the GMB union has reignited calls to take the industry back into public ownership.

6 years ago

Water industry reveals details of revised PR19 plans

A total of 14 water companies have submitted their revised business plans for the 2019 price review, PR19 to Ofwat today (1 April).

6 years ago

Ofwat to ‘closely scrutinise’ revised PR19 business plans

Most water companies in England and Wales will be resubmitting their PR19 business plans to Ofwat today (1 April) after the regulator took a tough stance on all but three at the end of January.

6 years ago

Devon’s largest-ever fatberg is removed

Devon and Cornwall’s largest ever fatberg has been successfully removed, South West Water announced yesterday (29 March).

6 years ago

Debt Conference report: Face up to the tyranny of debt

Just as delegates took their seats for Utility Week’s 11th Consumer Debt conference in Birmingham

6 years ago

Renationalisation will ‘negatively impact’ water supply chain

6 years ago

Waterwise chief says drive for water efficiency now rising

Nicci Russell, managing director of Waterwise says the level of ambition now being seen from government on water efficiency has risen to its highest level in years

6 years ago

Dodging the ‘jaws of death’

The chief executive of the Environment Agency has used dramatic language to describe the threat of water shortages caused by climate change. Katey Pigden asks if he was right to do so

6 years ago