Sir James Bevan is stepping down as chief executive of the Environment Agency after seven years in the role.
Bevan was appointed to his current role in late November 2015 and he will hold that position until the 31 March 2023. Prior to joining the Environment Agency, he held various senior…
If Russia were to set off planted mines on the Nova Kakhovka hydro-electric dam on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine, it would see large scale destruction to land, infrastructure and property according to European dam specialists.
Ukraine president Vlodomir Zelensky has said that Russia set up mines on the 3.2km-long…
The projected cost for a flood protection scheme for the Scottish coastal town of Musselburgh has risen to a potential £52.4M, more than five times the £8.9M budget of the first proposal set out in 2016.
The defence is a “very different project” to the one that was initially suggested, East…
The Environment Agency is looking to engage with suppliers of all types on methods to renew flood defence assets in the Thames Estuary and ensure that the area is protected beyond the end of the century in a £930M project.
The Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100) Plan was published by the Environment…
The construction of London’s Super Sewer continues to gather pace, with Tideway confirming that the secondary lining is underway on the final, eastern section of the London Super Sewer.
Secondary lining will continue on the final 5.5km stretch of the tunnel between Bermondsey and Abbey Mills Pumping Station into next year.…
Frustration among locals is rising over the replacement of a Welsh road bridge destroyed by Storm Christoph almost two years ago.
Llanerch Bridge connected the two villages of Trefnant and Tremeirchion over the River Clwyd but collapsed after being hit by an oak tree on 21 January 2021. Residents of the…
Serious injuries to a woman in Leicestershire, the consequence of a hydrostatic pressure test going wrong, should be a wake-up call to the water industry, according to the technical director of a pipeline company.
In August a 30-year-old woman sustained “serious injuries” in Leicester as a result of a hydrostatic pressure…
East England water company Anglian Water has been hit with two separate fines totalling £1.22M relating to four pollution incidents in watercourses as a result of blockages and broken infrastructure.
The first fine of £871,000 was ordered by Loughborough Magistrates Court for Anglian Water’s litany of system and maintenance failures that…
Severn Trent Water is considering options to increase the capacity of its trio of Upper Derwent Valley reservoirs in the Peak District and has estimated a budget of £310M for the project.
Constructed between 1901 and 1945, the Upper Derwent Valley reservoirs are Ladybower, Howden and Derwent, which sit in a…
Anglian Water has confirmed the locations for its new reservoirs in north Cambridgeshire and in South Lincolnshire, which could cost up to £3.3bn in total.
Public consultations on both will be open from tomorrow. The Cambridgeshire reservoir will be north of Chatteris, near the villages of Doddington and Wimblington. Being developed…
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