Company News

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• Scottish Water plans leadership transition ahead of Douglas Millican stepping down in 2024

• Irish Water starts work on Kilrush Sewerage Scheme to end raw sewage discharge into Shannon Estuary

• Yorkshire Water backs ban on plastics in wet wipes

• Welsh Water hosts virtual developer forum

• New judges announced for Ofwat’s £39m Water Breakthrough Challenge competition

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Contracts

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• Thames Water tenders £1 billion AMP7/8 contract for water networks developer services and infrastructure programmes

• Yorkshire Water tenders £14.4m AMP7 contract for supply of new assets, repair, planned maintenance, parts and hire of compressors and blowers

• Thames Water tenders £35m+ AMP7 contract for slow sand filter beds and rapid gravity filter refurbishment services and media supply

• Yorkshire Water tenders £26m AMP7 contract for dynamic maintenance condition based monitoring services & equipment

• Southern Water tenders £60m AMP7 recruitment services contract

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People and Places

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• UK’s first-ever female bodyguard now protects Thames Water’s Walthamstow Wetlands

• UKWIR appoints new Chief Executive

• Street Works UK appoints new Chief Executive

• Lord Deben re-appointed as Chair of Committee on Climate Change

• New Regional Flood and Coastal Committee chair appointees announced

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Regulation and Legislation

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• Ofwat – "tackling water companies’ unacceptable performance in releasing sewage into the environment is a priority"

• Water sector regulator Ofwat launches hunt for new Chief Executive

• EA Chief on regulation after Brexit - “think differently, speak softly and carry an even bigger stick”

• Chair of Environmental Audit Committee calls for water company investment in water treatment to be doubled

• New Office for Environmental Protection formally starts work next week

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Water Issues

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• Mark Fletcher, Arup’s global water chief says water industry needs a common purpose

• New data shows 99% of English bathing sites meet required water quality standards

• Water UK encourages public to have their say in consultations on future of water in their region

• Regional water groups set out plans to tackle predicted water deficit for England of 3,435m litres per day by 2050

• Consultation on emerging regional water resources plan for South East England launched

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Flooding

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• Environment Agency project to assess eco-block potential for flood and coastal erosion risk management

• Environment Agency completes multi-million pound Teesside flood scheme for Middlesborough

• Environment Agency to start work on £6.5 million Stoke-on-Trent flood defence scheme

• Surface water flooding – Water UK calls for review of legislation, greater collaboration and detailed analysis of investment needed

• Environment Agency to invest £2.1m in upgrading Bude flood defences and river habitats

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