Company News

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• Construction works begin on Irish Water’s new Kerrykeel Sewerage Scheme

• Scottish Water joins Business Climate Collaboration launch to accelerate climate action

• United Utilities launches Pay As You Go payment scheme for customers

• Southern Water response to public reports of sewage around Hayling Island

• Affinity Water in second award win from Ofwat’s £200m Innovation Fund

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Contracts

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• UK Geospatial Commissions appoints Atkins to deliver UK-wide digital map of underground utilities

• United Utilities tenders £9m AMP7 telemetry outstations contract

• Yorkshire Water announces brand and PR agency review

• United Utilities seeks supplier input on strategy for repair of motors and variable speed drives

• Bradford Metropolitan District Council tenders £350k flood alleviation scheme

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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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• Water UK warns Government draft Strategic Policy Statement is "missed opportunity" to address long-term water sector challenges

• Parliamentary Committee to question water company CEOs in person today on pollution failures

• Competition and Markets Authority welcomes government proposals on new powers

• Entries open for £39m innovation funding in Ofwat’s second Water Breakthrough Challenge

• MPs on House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee to quiz water company CEOs on pollution failures

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Water Issues

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• EA Chief, Ofwat Chair and Anglian Water CEO to speak at upcoming event on managing drought risk

• New WMO report warns climate change and population growth fuelling looming water crisis

• World’s first positive water news platform launches

• RAPID accepts request for Mendip quarries strategic water resource option to enter gated process

• Future-proofing service reservoir safety and security

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Flooding

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• Defra agrees Environment Agency plans to increase Leigh reservoir flood storage capacity

• £41m flood defence scheme for Mytholmroyd officially opened

• Environment Agency completes work on £2.7 million Northumberland flood scheme

• £140 million Broadland flood alleviation project reaches 20 year landmark

• Historic flooding in New York highlights vulnerability of city infrastructure to climate change impacts

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