Company News

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• Ofwat Innovation Fund - winners announced for inaugural £2m Innovation in Water Challenge

• Affinity Water wins two collaborative entries in Ofwat Innovation in Water Challenge

• Thames Water appoints new Capital Delivery Director

• Thames Water reaches half a million smart meters milestone

• Scottish Water completes £20m upgrade of Victorian Aqueduct

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Contracts

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• Natural Resources Wales tenders £2m contract for River Dee restoration work

• NI Department for Infrastructure awards £6m contract for maintenance of underground infrastructure

• Mott Macdonald wins £400k-plus coastal protection and flood risk management support contract

• Welsh Councils award £36m consultative engineering and construction services framework

• Affinity Water tenders £1m AMP7 water meter reading 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 orders Southern Water to pay £530k+ in developer services dispute

• Ofwat consults on proposals to allow Tideway to pass increased costs from Covid-related impacts on to customers

• Business retail market - Ofwat consults on measures to protect customer credit balances

• Environment Agency opts not to conduct strategic environmental assessment for third cycle of river basin management plans

• RAPID says accelerated gate one submissions presented “significantly higher solution costs” than costs published in the 2019 WRMP

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Water Issues

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• University of Stirling professor appointed Scotland Hydro Nation Chair

• Institution of Civil Engineers consults on UK’s current infrastructure planning system

• World Water Day - Balancing the priorities of a generation raised on sustainability

• Construction industry develops first sector-wide skills plan for construction

• Waterscan announced as CDP’s accredited water consultancy partner for the UK

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Flooding

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• Work progresses on £100m-plus Southsea Coastal Defences Scheme

• Defra in pre-tender engagement for £120m national property flood resilience framework

• Environment Agency - £8.5m flood storage area in Luton now complete

• Environment Agency progresses plans for £15m+ Sanway-Byfleet Flood Alleviation Scheme

• United Utilities, Environment Agency and Sefton Council sign commitment to strengthened flood risk management

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