Rethinking Surface Water Management with SuDS
January saw three significant storms hit the UK, with road closures, rail interruptions and widespread flooding dominating headlines. Terry Wilkinson, Specialist Design and Application Engineer at ACO Technologies, discusses the impact of storms and...
A call for competition and innovation in the UK water market
The UK water market faces a number of challenges that demand attention. Now is a good time to explore its current state, examine the benefits of opening it up to competition and innovation, and...
Changing water infrastructure
‘By 2050 the UK water deficit is anticipated to be 4017 mega litres per day.’ Since this announcement in January 2022, major water companies have been developing plans to upgrade the UKs water supply...
Supporting success at the CMA
In the ramp up to AMP8, water companies are debating their final business plans with Ofwat via the CMA process. Aqua Consultants has experience supporting companies to build their plans and acting on both...
Workdry International announces strategic expansion with the acquisition of Vanderkamp Group
Workdry International announces strategic expansion with the acquisition of Vanderkamp Group, expanding its pump rental solutions footprint into Europe and significantly bolstering its technical solutions capabilities.
Workdry International (Workdry) has acquired Netherlands-based temporary pumping solutions...
SEEPEX and Severn Trent boost Sewage Plant reliability
Minworth is the largest sewage plant within Severn Trent’s region, and the fifth largest in Europe. The plant operates 24-7, serving a population of around 2.5 million people in the Birmingham and Black Country...
New £8.5m service reservoir project in Yorkshire
Yorkshire Water is building a new £8.5m service reservoir in Harton, between Malton and York, to increase resilience of the drinking water network in the area and improve supplies locally.
Work began on the new...
£7.4 million scheme secures NI water supply
NI Water has completed a £7.4 million project, regarded as essential to the future resilience of the water supply infrastructure, primarily in the Ards Peninsula area.
The Whitespots Water Improvement Scheme was completed in two...
Major mains replacement works earmarked at London stations
Thames Water has awarded two further contracts to Barhale under its AMP7 Conditional Allowance Trunk Main Schemes.
The awards – both adjacent to major London railway terminuses – mean the civil engineering specialists have won...
Reservoir wall rebuilt with nature-friendly rock bags
A new bankside wall using material ideal for aquatic insects has been installed along the north and south shores of Worsbrough Reservoir in Barnsley to replace the former, failing wall.
The metre-high bankside wall around...