We are delighted to introduce two recent senior additions to our WHS team.
Vera LangerVera has joined our expanding consultancy team as a Technical Director.
She will support the management and marketing of our water services at an exciting …
Most excavations below ground level accumulate water. The rate of water flowing in, as well as the disposal of that water, must be carefully managed, and planning ahead is essential.
The delicate balance of our water supplies can be disrupted …
In the summer of 2021 a massive flood event across a huge area of Europe resulted in around 250 deaths and as much as 10 billion euros of damage. Lessons must be learned.
The flood …
The Water Framework Directive 2000 (WFD) commits EU member states to achieve ‘good’ qualitative and quantitative status of all water bodies by 2015. Post-Brexit, the WFD has been fully transposed into UK law.
Cairn Duhie is a proposed 16-turbine wind farm in the Scottish Highlands. Since gaining project consent in 2017, the site layout has been redesigned to accommodate updated turbines. Application for the proposed redesign is expected to be submitted within 2020.…
A 132kV powerline tower needs to be replaced and relocated with new infrastructure in Neath. This must be done without contaminating the nearby waterbody, the Cefn Cwrt Reservoir, or changing its inflow volumes.
The hydrogeology of the area is quite …
2007: the summer floods affect several key substations, highlight their potential vulnerability to major flood incidents and prompt a national review. Network owners assess levels of flood risk to substations in their area with the Environment Agency (EA) and make …
2012: the government launches its second tender process for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project in the UK. The White Rose project at the coal-fired Drax power station in North Yorkshire, and a gas-fired Shell power station in …