Company News

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• Scottish Water - £6.4m Annan project to prevent future flooding nears completion

• Severn Trent progresses £25m stroud project with launch of second Tunnel Boring Machine

• Thames Water shareholders approve plan for additional £2 billion of expenditure between now and 2025

• Southern Water consults on plans for new sustainable water sources in Hampshire

• NI Water –progresses first phase of major £8m flood alleviation project in South Belfast

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Contracts

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• Thames Water tenders £40m AMP7 systems integration contract for PSTN & RTU Obsolescence Replacement Programme

• Samotics wins £10m AMP 7 sole supplier contract for ESA technology with Yorkshire Water

• Yorkshire Water awards £4.1m contract for consultancy services in AMP7

• NI Water announces £1.2 billion Major Project Partnership Framework

• Argyll and Bute Council award £12.7m flood protection scheme works contract

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People and Places

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• Judith Batchelar announced as new Deputy Chair of the Environment Agency

• 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

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Regulation and Legislation

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• Somerset farmer fined second time for polluting Frome watercourse

• MPs on Commons Environmental Audit Committee to quiz Environment Secretary on water quality, biodiversity & more

• Climate Change Committee warns current programmes will not deliver Net Zero in its new progress report to Parliament

• Government announces Alan Lovell as preferred Environment Agency Chair candidate

• OEP launches investigation into the regulation of combined sewer overflows by Ofwat, Environment Agency and Defra

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Water Issues

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• Chief Medical Officer, Ofwat and Environment Agency warn sewage in water is growing public health problem

• Ofwat welcomes wastewater companies' plans to address storm overflows and river quality

• New research shows households using less water to save money during cost-of-living crisis

• Environment Agency uses citizen science data to tackle pollution on the River Wye

• Local campaigners launch Crowdfunder to protect River Kent from water pollution

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Flooding

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• Environment Agency and Newcastle City Council launch pilot project to improve flood resilience in Newcastle

• Hydro International unveils the next-generation modular Downstream Defender® Select

• Ground investigation works start for £11 million flood defence scheme in Tadcaster

• Environment Agency launches new website to capture Severn Valley flood data

• £38m Foss Barrier upgrade and new flood defences officially opened

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