Neom Company has appointed Jacobs as lead design consultant for the redevelopment of the port of its planned mega-city in Saudi Arabia.
The organisation behind the multi-billion-dollar development of the desert Tabuk Province in the northwest of the country has appointed the American engineering giant to design plans for the Port…
An innovative tunnel is being constructed by Essex & Suffolk Water in a £20M project to deliver a 20km pipeline beneath the River Blackwater and Langford Cut in Essex.
Essex & Suffolk Water’s new pipeline, which will run between Layer-de-la-Haye and Langford, in Hertfordshire, will help make water supplies to customers…
Ground has been broken on a “pioneering” form of green hydro energy generation at a Scottish Water reservoir in East Lothian.
The government body in charge of Scotland’s water and sewerage networks will invest £3M into the scheme at Whiteadder Reservoir as part of its work to reduce carbon emissions. The…
The Coal Authority has alerted contractors that it is looking to form a £100M framework to deliver mine water treatment schemes at over 70 facilities across England, Scotland and Wales.
The framework is being set up by the Coal Authority in partnership with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero,…
An assessment of the UK’s water sector by Future Water Association, with input from over 100 stakeholders, shows that it needs improvement in all areas including asset health, sewers maintenance, innovation, research, leakage and more.
The trade association and business support organisation’s Future Water Report Card is a “state of the…
Costain is set to use its environmental expertise to work on 16 sites in Severn Trent Water’s portfolio in a deal worth £79.83M.
Plans include improving wastewater quality and protecting wildlife. The work is within the previously announced framework agreement and part of Severn Trent’s Capital Delivery Framework. It will be…
For many years, the UK government – and governments around the world - have been grappling with the effects of climate change. While not unique to the UK, last year we recorded the hottest day on record with temperatures soaring to 40°C in some parts of the country.
It’s not just…
Over the past few years, the UK water industry has faced growing criticism, driven mainly by media reports of sewage discharges into our seas and waterways. A significant part of this problem stems from our ageing infrastructure—a result of years of under-investment. There's an urgent need to address this with…
An investigation by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has identified possible failures to comply with environmental law in relation to the regulation of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) by three public authorities.
The accusations are made of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency and water…
Aquind Ltd, the promoter behind the planned Aquind interconnector, has signed an agreement with Portsmouth City Council to safeguard delivery of the £63.7M North Portsea Island Coastal Defence Scheme.
Aquind is a privately financed £1.35bn, subsea and underground high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable between Normandy in France and Lovedean Substation…
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