Flooding is responsible for a lot of highway damage. Climate change can lead to an increase in temperature which may cause water to freeze faster, causing problems when it melts. More powerful and heavier rains can also lead to flooding as water takes longer to drain away. In addition, as more people move into more...
The UK government has announced plans to reduce sewage discharge to the seas and rivers, with the aim of reducing the amount of pollution that is released into the environment. This change is said to be a significant step forward, and will undoubtedly have a number of impacts on both the environment and the economy....
The UK’s railways are the oldest in the world and played a large part in helping us to become the world’s first industrialised country. In 1830, George Stephenson built the first steam-powered inter-city railway line between Liverpool and Manchester and between 1830 and 1880, transport in this country became transformed by the creation of a...
For many people, culverts are usually things that they don’t think about or pay much attention to as they are mostly out of sight. However, they serve a very important purpose and they greatly contribute to the developed world. Culverts are essentially tunnels or channels that direct and convey water beneath public roads, trails, railways,...
With many industrial and commercial premises that have car parks or facilities that require drainage, it’s important that they check their drainage systems to ensure that there are no misconnections. In the event of a drainage misconnection, the wastewater from the premise will end up being transported into the surface drainage system rather than the...
Asda, the supermarket leaders, have been fined £7,500 because of one their branches in Northern Ireland have been polluting a River in County Antrim. The retail giant recently has pleaded guilty to a diesel spill at its store in Ballyclare, this resulted in fuel getting into the Six Mile Water River located nearby County Antrim....
