Michael Capel

5 days ago | watermagazine.co.uk | Michael Capel

The final touches to a trio of projects that will help to reduce the impact of untreated water being discharged into the 20-mile-long watercourse have been carried out in the village of Frampton Cotterell. The Wessex Water work, the opening phase of which got under way in the spring of last year, has added nearly a million litres of additional storage to the sewer network in the area. New below-ground tanks have been built to ease the flow of large volumes of rain into sewers during heavy storms.

6 days ago | watermagazine.co.uk | Michael Capel

North Molton, a village parish located in North Devon, recorded 202 storm overflow spills across the year in 2023. Thanks to the improvements by South West Water, that number dropped by over 50% in 2024. The new reinforced concrete storm water storage tank is running alongside the existing storage,  providing extra capacity during periods of heavy rainfall.

6 days ago | watermagazine.co.uk | Michael Capel

Partners Fife Council, SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency), and Fife Coast and Countryside Trust are joining forces to restore a 5.8-kilometre stretch of the Back Burn – also known locally as the Conland, Coul, and Balbirnie Burn. The Restoring the Back Burn project, a vital part of the wider Leven Programme, aims to return this historically significant waterway to a more natural state.

6 days ago | watermagazine.co.uk | Michael Capel

Previously Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Global Services, Danfoss Group, Christensen will join the Power Solutions Leadership Team (PSLT) and report directly to Daniel Winter, President of Danfoss Power Solutions. Winter previously served as CFO before assuming the role of President in January. Christensen is based at the company’s offices in Nordborg, Denmark.

6 days ago | watermagazine.co.uk | Michael Capel

A reliance on concrete or ‘grey’ systems to increase storm storage or increase wastewater treatment has resulted in high carbon and chemical solutions that aren’t good for the long-term health of rivers and the wider environment. At an event organised by Dŵr Cymru, Wildlife Trusts Wales and Afonydd Cymru, there will be a call for more ‘green’ or nature-based solutions projects to improve water quality and deliver more for the environment.