Fluid thinking: Equipping cities to avoid inundation
Urban locations worldwide are struggling to manage stormwater drainage, in the face of extreme weather. The opportunity appears vast, for those who can help...
Adler and Allan acquires specialist water and drainage company
Environmental risk reduction services business, Adler and Allan, has acquired specialist water and drainage company, Public Sewer Services (PSS).
PSS has been providing an in-house...
Board director achieves NEBOSH distinction to support safety culture
A board director from drainage service provider Lanes Group has taken the unusual step of achieved a nationally-recognised health and safety qualification - as...
Maps enhance flood risk modelling
Terrain data from aerial mapping company Bluesky is being used to upgrade the first national climate change flood model for the UK
Artificial Intelligence can reduce urban flooding, says group
Urban flooding can now be managed much more effectively using Artificial Intelligence, according to the creators of a new technology called CENTAUR™ - a...
Project aims to better understand benefits of eco-friendly flood schemes
The economic and environmental benefits of natural flood defences will be explored in a £467,000 University of Stirling-led project.
Researchers, led by Environmental Economist Dr...
Blockage-clearing pipebot picks up award in OFWAT innovation challenge, with help from drainage expert
A provider of innnovative drainage solutions, Jet Aire, has been named one of the winning partners in the Ofwat Breakthrough Innovation Challenge for its...
CIRIA issues new SuDS construction guidance
CIRIA published Guidance on the construction of SuDS (C768) to support those designing, specifying and constructing SuDS
Virtual simulation created for river users to navigate the Boston Barrier
The Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) for the Boston Barrier has received approval, giving the Environment Agency the go-ahead to proceed with the...
Groundwater monitoring underpins management of the Great Fen
Securing a sustainable future for the Great Fen depends, in many respects, upon restoration derived from managing water levels. Wendy Strain from OTT...
Wigan heat installer fined for water main incident in Blackburn
United Utilities has been awarded £2,000 legal costs after a heat pump installation company drilled into a water main and flooded a road and...
Flood warning from monitoring systems manufacturer
Nigel Grimsley, Managing Director of OTT Hydrometry is urging those responsible for flood prevention and management to take action this summer to ensure they...
After the flood…
A flooding incident in North Macedonia in August 2020 threatened the country's supply of electricity. Motor drive manufacturer WEG describes the subsequent drainage project.
Peers sought to build urban resilience platform
A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind...
The long road to recognition
Civil engineer and Chartered Water & Environmental Manager Simon Crowther has both personal experience of flooding (as "victim" in 2007), and expertise in tackling it, as director of Flood Protection Solutions, which he founded in 2012. Here, he offers his own thoughts on the sector's current shape and direction
Drainage specialists go the extra half mile – for badgers
Lanes Group drainage engineers have carried out a pipe cleaning project with the longest jetting hose they have ever deployed - and all to...
SuDS implementation delayed again
Despite a winter of floods misery and high-profile media attention, DEFRA has once again postponed the target start date to introduce compulsory legislation for...
Automating approvals: Drainage design validation system launched in Scotland
A new digital platform is said to substantially accelerate the speed at which housing developers gain required approvals, and "has the potential to revolutionise...
Flood mitigation solution installed for supermarket in Carlisle
Flood protection expert The Flood Company has recently completed an installation of a heavy duty flood mitigation solution for nationwide supermarket Sainsbury’s at its...
Unblocktober 2022: What did we learn going into 2023?
Drainage and wastewater expert Lanes Group writes
We are so pleased with the success of Unblocktober 2022, and the efforts that people made to change...
