Conference puts UK flood challenges in the spotlight
Planning for climate change, building resilience and the role of natural flood management will be amongst the topics under discussion at the Flood & Coast Conference and Exhibition
York upgrades city centre flood defences
Residents and business owners in Fishergate in the centre of York are celebrating the completion of Phase 1 of the Foss Barrier upgrade project,...
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...
CIRIA issues new SuDS construction guidance
CIRIA published Guidance on the construction of SuDS (C768) to support those designing, specifying and constructing SuDS
Time to get a grip on runoff pollution?
Jo Bradley offers an overview of this kind of surface water runoff pollution, existing regulatory issues and solutions such as the use of sustainable drainage
Yorkshire Water trials satellite-based leak detection monitoring
Satellite technology used to hunt for water on other planets in the solar system has been trailed by Yorkshire Water to help identify underground...
New ground microphone finds water leaks in challenging environments
Colour touchscreen offers multiple signal, memory and frequency displays
HWM has launched the DXmic, a new ground microphone offering touchscreen operation and innovative features.
The firm...
Flood solutions event scheduled for March 2018 in Telford
Coming to the Telford International Centre on 20-22 March 2018, Flood and Coast is described as "a unique event that advances the debate about...
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...
Global Leakage Summit returns for its 9th year in March 2018.
The volume of water lost - from leakage, inaccurate customer meter readings and theft - provide the figure known as Non Revenue Water (NRW)....
River expansion boosts biodiversity, in Netherlands study
Researchers at Utrecht University and Radboud University appear to have revealed the successful combination of a lower flood risk with the start of biodiversity...
EA publishes data, case studies and evidence about the role of natural flood management...
On 31 October the Environment Agency published data, case studies and evidence about the role of natural flood management in reducing flood risk. Working...
New concrete drainage trade association
A newly created trade association will represent the interests of the precast concrete drainage industry. The British Precast Drainage Association (BPDA) is formed from...
“Ambitious” pilot launched by Yorkshire Water to tackle flood risk
Yorkshire Water launched "an ambitious and innovative pilot" to reduce flooding in Calderdale
The Environment Agency wins a national award for “Bringing Back the River Bulbourne”
A partnership project between the Environment Agency and the Box Moor Trust in Hemel Hempstead has been recognised with a national award.
The project has...
Modular sluice system can be ready to go within a week, says supplier
Addressing the growing demand for flood protection solutions, Danish firm Wintec has developed AquaBlokk, a sluice system comprising building blocks that are ready to...
European flood solutions event to launch in Amsterdam in late October
New event completes water cycle coverage of Aquatech Amsterdam
Floodex Europe, a new event dedicated to showcasing solutions to the threats Europe faces from flooding,...
Forest grazing counteracts the effectiveness of trees to reduce flood risk
Planting trees can reduce flood risk, but a high intensity forest land use, such as grazing, can counteract the positive effect of the trees,...
Innovative Dutch coastal management solution comes to the UK
Bacton Gas Terminal and residents of the surrounding Norfolk villages will benefit from Dutch experience as Royal HaskoningDHV completes the detailed design for an...
Weathering the storm
Water monitoring expert OTT Hydrometry shares some of the details of recent flood alleviation schemes
