31 May 2023
Plans to create the world’s first carbon neutral waste treatment works in Staffordshire, with investment from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund, Horizon Europe and Severn Trent World-leading ‘net-zero hub’ will be home to new innovations and technologies to reduce and remove operational emissions, following collaboration with water companies around the world Project has the potential to cut […]
03 Nov 2022
Severn Trent has been crowned as Biodiversity Champion at the 2022 Responsible Business Awards for its £1.2 billion Great Big Nature Boost (GBNB) project, one of the biggest nature projects across the UK. The company announced its GBNB plans in September 2020, committing to improve biodiversity across the Midlands through the revival of […]
29 Sep 2022
Severn Trent is trialling the use of ozone disinfectant to create bathing rivers in the UK in a move that could help revolutionise the future of wastewater treatment. In what is believed to be a UK first, ozone treatment will be used to improve the health of rivers in Warwickshire and Shropshire. An extract from the […]
22 Sep 2022
A pioneering global partnership of three major water companies was launched at the World Water Congress & Exhibition in Copenhagen last week, setting out a mission to forge the next generation of sustainable wastewater management for customers, while reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. Danish company Aarhus Vand, Australian water corporation Melbourne Water, and […]
17 Mar 2022
As reported in the Guardian, Severn Trent and Anglian Water say they will accelerate efforts to protect rivers after the government and regulators called on the sector to do more. Last month, the environment minister Rebecca Pow called on water companies to significantly improve their practices in England and Wales to support the local environment. The minister said the […]
22 Sep 2020
Water voles are this week settling into a new home along the Rea Brook in Shropshire. Once a common sight along the country’s waterways, water voles have been in decline in the UK since the 1960s. But, this week, the Environment Agency has released more than 100 of them along the Rea Brook. The project […]
16 Apr 2019
Ofwat has published its draft determinations for three fast track firms. from WaterBriefing Following the publication of Ofwat’s draft decisions on business plans put forward by United Utilities, South West Water and Severn Trent, 7.9 million households in the North West, South West and Midlands could see their water bills fall by as much as […]
15 Mar 2017
Severn Trent starts work on £300m Birmingham Resilience Project Water Briefing: Severn Trent Water has finally started work this week on its £300 million Birmingham Resilience Project after years of planning. An official groundbreaking ceremony was help at Lickhill, near Stourport, where the local Mayor, Councillor Henderson was on hand to put the first spade in […]
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