Category: Current Affairs

NX Filtration is supporting its long-standing partner BOSAQ in the deployment of emergency drinking water solutions in Ukraine, contributing its hollow fibre nanofiltration (HFNF) membrane technology to BOSAQ’s humanitarian initiative, Water Heroes. The initiative is focused on providing safe and reliable drinking water to communities affected by the ongoing conflict. As part of this effort,…

Household water and sewer bills in the United States rose 5.1% in 2025, reaching a five-yearhigh and outpacing inflation, according to Bluefield Research. The firm’s annual US Municipal Water and Sewer Rate Index, which benchmarks utilities across 50 cities, shows a cumulative increase of 24.2% over the past five years, underscoring intensifying financial pressure on…

Bentley Systems has opened submissions for its 2026 Year in Infrastructure (YII) event and YII Awards, a global programme recognising digital innovation in infrastructure delivery using its software. Now in its third decade, the awards have attracted more than 5,500 projects worldwide, highlighting advances in how infrastructure is planned, designed, built and operated. Submissions for…

UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has launched a new round of Expressions of Interest (EoIs), inviting the research and supply chain community to bid for 11 projects aimed at strengthening the water sector’s response to climate change, emerging pollutants and infrastructure resilience. The research programme comes as the UK and Irish water sectors face growing…

Solenis has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, setting out how expansion and integration across the business have strengthened its ability to deliver measurable sustainability outcomes for customers and within its own operations. The global water and hygiene solutions provider was driven by a combination of growth, integration and customer impact. “Company growth means improved sustainability,”…

Veolia has secured two major contracts in Mumbai, marking the largest municipal water agreements awarded to a French company in India to date. The projects strengthen the group’s long-term position in one of the country’s most critical urban water markets. The company has been appointed technology provider and awarded 15-year operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts…

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is leveraging Blyncsy, an AI-powered roadway analytics solution from infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems, to enhance its long-standing performance-based budgeting approach for highway maintenance. ALDOT adopted performance-based budgeting more than 15 years ago and has continued to refine the model to ensure maintenance funding is allocated based on…

Global group in energy-saving fluid-flow and whole-building mechanical solutions Armstrong Fluid Technology has appointed Ashok Joshi as managing director, APAC and India and a member of the company’s leadership board. “India and APAC offer tremendous opportunities as sustainability becomes a priority. With strong momentum across various sectors, I look forward to strengthening partnerships, driving operational…

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has increased its investment in Semantum Oy — a Finnish company that provides digital solutions for industrial plant data modelling, simulation, optimisation, and engineering automation. With this investment, Semantum will become an affiliated company of the Yokogawa group. Yokogawa first invested in Semantum in 2019, and the two companies jointly developed the…

Veolia capitalised on the reopening of European markets to take advantage of favourable issuance conditions and complete a record bond placement with three new bond tranches totalling €2.5bn. Firstly, a 5-year bond for €950m bearing a coupon of 3.2%. Next, an 8-year bond for €900m bearing a coupon of 3.6%, and finally, a 12-year bond…