The UK must maintain a privatised water sector if it is to achieve the necessary level of investment in infrastructure for future water security, the NIC chair has argued.
At the end of June, the immediate departure of Thames Water chief executive Sarah Bentley resigned with immediate effect as its performance…
Ofwat has given the green light to 33 infrastructure projects from various water companies following a recent public consultation.
The projects, ranging from schemes to tackle storm overflows to nutrient neutrality proposals, total a £2.2bn investment in the UK’s water infrastructure network, a rise from the £1.6bn reported previously. It is…
Project partners to work with United Utilities over the next 10 years are being sought as the the water company calls for firms to register interest in delivering a variety of work over its next two five year Asset Management Plan Periods (AMP) - AMP8 and AMP9.
In total, United Utilities…
A carbon neutral wastewater treatment plant, the world’s first ecological digital twin and 3D printed water infrastructure are among 16 winners of Ofwat’s £40M innovation competition.
Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge is a competition that aims to encourage initiatives to tackle challenges facing the water sector, such as achieving net zero, protecting…
United Utilities' £1.75bn Haweswater Aqueduct project has been boosted by councillors recommending the approval of a section of the scheme.
The aqueduct, built between 1933 and 1955, runs 110km from Cumbria to Greater Manchester. United Utilities’ Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme has proposed to replace six tunnel sections along the route…
Three teams have been shortlisted by United Utilities for the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP).
HARP will be the largest infrastructure project undertaken by United Utilities since privatisation. The original aqueduct was completed in the 1950s to increase supplies of water into Manchester and the Pennines from the Lake District. The…
United Utilities has revealed information on a range of works proposed for lakes and reservoirs in the Lake District.
The proposals are for three water bodies: Crummock Water, Chapelhouse Reservoir and Overwater. Work includes realigning a river, removing a dam crest and building a new bridge crossing. Once fully operational, the…
Network Rail will seek compensation from United Utilities to cover money lost after a burst water main disrupted services for five days in Greater Manchester. The leak started in Audenshaw in the early hours of 1 September and United Utilities took three days to stop the leak. After water had…
The railway line connecting Manchester with Leeds in the Audenshaw area has finally been reopened after last week's major water leak.
United Utilities' water main leaked thousands of gallons of water onto the track causing "a waterfall" for three days. The leak was fixed over the weekend but Network Rail revealed…
Train services connecting Manchester and Leeds are still not operational despite the burst water main that caused the disruption last week being fixed over the weekend.
United Utilities has now stopped the major water leak onto the railway in Audenshaw, but Network Rail has said that the flood has damaged a…
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