Company News

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• United Utilities and partners - natural flood management project nears completion

• South East Water publishes routemap to net zero by 2030

• Lessons learnt from winter 2018 help water companies cope with freeze-thaw in 2021

• Tideway announces board changes as project reaches final tunnelling phase

• Affinity Water targets supply chain as part of plans to achieve Net Zero by 2030

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Contracts

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• Meteor Communications wins £2m Scottish Water monitoring contract

• Yorkshire Water tenders £43m AMP7 smart metering and networks framework contract

• Esh-Stantec j.v. appointed to Northumbrian Water AMP7 Capital Construction Programme Framework

• United Utilities appoints suppliers to £45m AMP7 unsupported pump repairs framework

• Severn Trent invites suppliers to register for Water Resources Qualification System

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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 announces judges for £40m Water Breakthrough Challenge

• Water retail market – MOSL launches £1m Market Improvement Fund

• Business retail market - Ofwat publishes final decisions on bad debt and COVID-19

• Waterwise launches revamp of UK water efficiency strategy

• House of Commons International Trade Committee launches inquiry on COP26 and International Trade

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Water Issues

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• New report flags up potential new water transfer options to address growing water supply deficit

• Water UK and Waterwise urge everyone to save water during nationwide heatwave

• Government launches new consultation on National Resilience Strategy

• Environment Agency publishes updated inspection and operator guidance for owners of large reservoirs

• Met Office - heatwave record for Pacific North West directly attributable to climate change

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Flooding

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• Environment Agency starts work on innovative flood management project in Lincolnshire

• £501m River Thames Scheme - Environment Agency starts market engagement process for construction partner

• Over £860m to be spent on 1,000+ flood alleviation schemes across England in 2021-22

• Parts of London hit by flash floods for second time in a month

• Environment Agency completes £30m upgrade of Burton-upon-Trent flood defences

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