All Water and waste articles – Page 7
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NewsCumbria nuclear waste storage plan 'dead'
Following a meeting with ministers local council leader that backed plan concedes current process to find a site has ended
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NewsSellafield sent nuclear waste to landfill
Firm that runs Sellafield faces fine after pleading guilty to illegally sending bags of nuclear waste to a landfill site
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NewsMinister to hold talks over nuclear waste veto
Cumbrian councillors and MP to meet secretary of state to find way forward over nuclear waste storage in Cumbria
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NewsCouncils appeal to PM over nuclear waste veto
Two councils that back nuclear waste storage ask prime minister for a meeting to discuss options after Cumbria county council vetoed plan
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NewsThames Water delays £4.1bn ‘super sewer’ tender
Exclusive: Company moves back procurement of infrastructure provider in order to firm-up funding model
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NewsSevern Barrage will not require flood defence subsidy
Firm says it can provide cheap electricity without accounting for flood defence benefits
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NewsThames crossing ‘could be privately funded’
Leader of Kent council sounds out Canadian investors
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Water companies
Water companies are changing their business models and the way in which they work with their construction partners. Simon Rawlinson and Mike Nugent of EC Harris examine the water industry’s growing focus on whole life performance
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FeaturesProcurement: Regulated utilities
Over the next two years £60bn of construction spend is due to be procured by regulated utilities. Getting the procurement strategy right is critical. Simon Rawlinson of EC Harris looks at the options
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NewsBarratt pays vet bill for dog made ill by sewage leak
Housebuilder is fined after leaking sewage into a Cornish stream
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CommentAnglian Water vs Laing O’Rourke Utilities: serving notices
Following this case parties should make sure notices get to the right people through the right channels
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NewsAll bridges in Cumbria to be safety checked
Safety inspections of 1,800 bridges being carried out in flood-hit region after collapse of six crossings
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NewsBalfour Beatty joint venture wins Hong Kong sewage contract
Gammon Construction to build three tunnels as part of Island’s Harbour Area treatment scheme
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NewsA great new way of dishing the dirt
Landscaping You can’t expect accolades for building your sustainable homes on contaminated land. Chloe Stothart looks at what to do with topsoil that isn’t in tiptop condition
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CommentA house up a well-known creek
If your home played host to the contents of your neighbours’ toilets 17 times in eight years, you might expect the law to offer you some redress. Remarkably, as one London householder found out, it does nothing of the sort
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Bristol tidal barrage could create 35,000 construction jobs
Energy white paper expected to study scheme’s potential for supply 5% of UK’s electricity
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Building sewage systems face overhaul in Sars threat
Airborne viruses can spread through soil pipes – raising fears that they may be exploited by bio-terrorists
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FeaturesAfter the floodgates open
The biggest dam in the world, the Three Gorges in China, has started to turn the Yangtze into a 480 km long reservoir. As the water rises, Building considers the tasks still facing the Chinese: completing the dam and building three cities for 1.2 million displaced people
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£500m canal programme unveiled
British Waterways has launched the second phase of a two-stage, £500m programme of canal work, including nine new restoration projects and waterway schemes.