Company News

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• Infrastructure leaders launch major health, safety & wellbeing project

• Scottish Water Waste Water Development Centre at Bo'ness working at full capacity

• Work starts on €28m Skibbereen Regional Water Supply Scheme upgrade

• New report finds 67% of customers would prefer to receive utility bills digitally

• PR19 – so can the water companies deliver innovation within the cost constraints of PR19?

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Contracts

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• Thames Water tenders £7.5m contract for communication software package

• Severn Trent tenders £80m AMP 7 natural gas supply contract

• Arup appointed as lead consultant to support Environment Agency national capital programme

• Bluewater Bio wins phosphorus removal contracts with three separate water companies

• SES Water awards £4.7m-plus billing and CRM solution 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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• Lord Adonis warns Government “ducking” key issues on critical water infrastructure

• House of Commons Committee toxic chemicals inquiry to hold 1st oral evidence session

• Ofwat says some water bills could fall by up to £70 a year by 2025

• House of Commons EAC Committee launches new inquiry into invasive species

• New water Regulators’ Alliance will progress joint infrastructure development to secure resilience

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Water Issues

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• Environment Agency Chief says we can turn climate change emergency into opportunity

• New study suggests targeted behavioural “nudges” can increase water conservation

• Xylem MD warns: industry needs to change its mentality in order to combat water shortages

• New report warns world’s largest companies using more water despite growing water risks

• Water abstraction in England up 4th year in a row - 7.5% rise in 2017

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Flooding

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• EA moves step closer to planning application for £450m+ River Thames flood defence scheme

• Galliford Try/Black & Veatch jv to start work on £35m flood defence scheme

• Living with Water Partnership in push to raise awareness of flood risk in Hull

• Environment Agency publishes new evidence to plan for flood and coastal risk up to 2065

• Construction starts on £150m programme of coastal risk management works across Wales

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