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Northern Ireland Water has banned the public from lighting barbecues and open fires on its sites - including at Silent Valley - due to an amber warning for wildfires.

Northern Ireland Water bans barbecues after amber Wildfire Warning

Five-year-old Luca Alexander tests his driving at the Balmoral Show on Friday 16 May. Photo by Jonathan Porter/Press Eye

Calls to save water in ‘unseasonably hot Spring’

Acting on behalf of PSC Management (NI), TSA Planning is seeking permission to demolish the existing 31-bed Loughview Nursing Home in Fortwilliam. Credit Loughview Nursing Home

Plans to demolish NI nursing home for sheltered housing complex set for approval

An anti-pollution rally in Belfast city centre in November 2024 demanded action on Lough Neagh. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Scrap protection for 'corporate polluters' NI Water, says Environment Minister

Working alongside the current process operator, Noel McCurdy, Sarah will play a vital role in enhancing the community’s resilience to ensure the continued reliability of the island’s water supply. CREDIT NI WATER

Rathlin role for NI Water's Sarah

No 45 William Street, Lurgan, is going to be demolished to create an access to a new ground-floor retail unit with two upper-floor apartments and car-parking provision at the back. Credit: Google

Planning approval given for application despite concerns from NI Water

Wildfires can pose risk to reservoirs.

NI Water reissues wildfire risks as dry weather continues

The Quay Street hotel and neighbouring Windsor Bar are to be demolished to make way for apartments.

NI Water 'bluntly a nightmare' over delayed £9m seafront hotel demolition plan

The Royal Hotel on Bangor seafront has been lying derelict since the business shut in 2014.

Iconic seafront hotel to be knocked down after decade lying derelict

DUP MLA Deborah Erskine chairs Stormont's infrastructure committee.

DUP backs minister's decision to call in forensic accountants to NI Water

Stormont Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced she is to engage forensic accountants to 'investigate the reasons why NI Water has been unable to live within its resource budget allocation this year'

NI Water: Minister Liz Kimmins sends in forensic accountants

Pupils from St Bernard’s Primary School in Glengormley are pictured with NI Water Education Officer Anna Killen at the Belfast Wastewater Heritage Centre where they learned more about the water cycle and the importance of protecting frozen water formations like glaciers for future generations.

Frozen Water holds the key to celebrating World Water Day

Blue-green algae on the River Bann where it meets Lough Neagh near the village of Toome. Picture taken in September 2024

Lough Neagh action plan does not just target one sector, MLAs told

NI Water Engineering Work Experience Programme

NI Water welcomes aspiring engineers to Hybrid Work Experience Programme

A view over Belfast Lough from close to Bangor Pic: Pacemaker Press

BELFAST LOUGH ON 'KNIFE EDGE' AFTER PAUSE TO WASTEWATER UPGRADE INVESTMENT PLAN

Screen grab from the NI Assembly of Paddy Brow from NI Water giving evidence to the Assembly's Committee for Infrastructure

Belfast Lough on ‘knife edge’ after pause to wastewater upgrade investment plan
Belfast Lough is on a "knife edge" with failure to invest in wastewater infrastructure creating a "profound" risk for its ecosystem, MLAs have been warned.
David Young, PA

Transformation alone cannot address the decades long underinvestment in our water infrastructure, but it could provide much needed reassurance to the public that every pound is being spent wisely

Letter: No revenue raising for water sector without change

Plans for 80 new homes in Coleraine were approved by Planning Committee members. (pic; Design Concept Statement)

80 new homes approved close to primary school

NI Water is to refurbish iconic Silent Valley house

NI Water to refurbish iconic Silent Valley house

An artist's impression of now-mothballed upgrades to Kinnegar Wastewater Treatment Works outside Holywood.

'Polluted cesspool' Belfast Lough so bad sailors get sick from water spray

An artist's impression of now-mothballed upgrades to Kinnegar Wastewater Treatment Works outside Holywood.

O’Dowd ‘turning his back' on environment as lough pollution revamps mothballed

An artist's impression of now-mothballed upgrades to Kinnegar Wastewater Treatment Works outside Holywood.

Stormont cuts scupper vital upgrades to Belfast sewage and storm flood works

NI Water recruiting over twenty Apprentices and Graduates across Northern Ireland

NI Water recruiting over 20 apprentices and graduates across Northern Ireland

A group of Northern Ireland’s home builders have come together to launch a new group to tackle the growing crisis caused by the region’s failing wastewater infrastructure

NI home builders say ‘enough is enough’ and launch new group to tackle crisis

The proposed design for some of the new dwellings to be built at Hunters Lodge, Lurgan. Credit: ABC planning portal

Planning approval for residential development comprising 48 dwellings

NI Water is asking people to please take extra care around waterways at this time of year. Reservoirs and loughs, like Altnaheglish reservoir in this photo, may look frozen but if they freeze over it’s impossible to tell how thick the ice is, so please keep a safe distance.

NI Water issues reservoir warning

Gerry Darby, manager of the Lough Neagh Partnership, on the banks of the River Bann close to Lough Neagh at the Lock Keepers Cottage at Toome, Co Antrim

Call for water rates to help solve infrastructure and pollution problems
The introduction of water rates in Northern Ireland could be the key to addressing crumbling waste water infrastructure and the impact on waterways, it has been suggested.
By Rebecca Black, PA

General image of a water tap (photo illustration by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Soon-to-be-built homes hooked up to water/sewer grid thanks to funding package

Fiona Flanagan from Boyle Properties and Pat McCauley from NI Water

Boyle Properties joins NI Water Stop Valve Campaign

Alliance MLA Peter McReynolds has been publicly rebuked by both the chair and deputy chair of the infrastructure committee after criticising colleagues for not watching a TV programme on NI Water.

Committee chairs hit out at Alliance MLA's 'inaccurate cheap shot' over TV show

Wellington Court. Pic: Local Democracy Reporting Service

Public toilet approved for Ballymena town centre

Managing director of NIE Networks, Derek Hynes; group chief executive officer of Phoenix Energy, Kailash Chada; chief executive of NI Water, Dr Sara Venning; and director of Openreach NI, Garret Kavanagh

Important numbers for staying connected this winter

There was not "sufficient evidence" to justify an above inflation increase in the capital budget for Northern Ireland Water, MLAs have been told

Above inflation increase to NI Water capital budget not justified, MLAs told

A gritter on the Glenshane Pass in the Sperrin Mountains of County Londonderry.

Minister John O’Dowd welcomes funding to sustain vital public services

Darragh Andrew William Martin from Slemish College and Ellen Thompson from Ballymena Academy, Aoife Doherty and Ava Norris from Thornhill College, George Stone and Sebastian Steele from Rainey Endowed School, Emilie Kelso from Cookstown High School, Jennifer North and Lewis Watters from Hazelwood Integrated College, Maeve Claire Roche, Lily Barlow and Luke Watson from Our Lady and St Patrick’s College, Knock, Rianna van der Hart, and Matvej Jesipenko from Methodist College, Belfast and Marcus Stewart Cahoon and Jordan Cooper Belfast Boys’ Model, Daniel Rowan, Adil Mohammed, Ben Thomas Vaughan, Zach Hagan Bangor Grammar Afsari Taieba Binte Moazzem South Eastern Regional College.

NI Water Empowers students with Real-World Industry Experience

Plans for a new bar in Londonderry city centre have been approved by Derry City and Strabane District Council Pictured is Waterloo Street, Londonderry. (file picture) Photos: George Sweeney. DER2150GS – 044

New bar approved at former Northern Ireland furniture store despite objections

Ballyholme Beach in Bangor passed water tests after two consecutive years failing them. Photo © Rossographer (cc-by-sa/2.0)

NI's most pollution-prone beach passes tests

Mark Spence, chief executive of the Construction Employers Federation, at Stormont's Infrastructure Committee.

Sewer problems blocking 19,000 homes

Celtic Anglian Water (CAW), a leading provider of water, wastewater and resource recycling solutions across Ireland, has secured significant contracts with NI Water through its joint venture with Cookstown-based TES Group and increased its headcount substantially to support its growth strategy for 2024-2030. Pictured is Mark Mitchell, head of Integrated Capital Delivery at NI Water with Michael Cahill, CAW managing director, at Kinnegar Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) in Holywood, County Down

Celtic Anglian Water expands into NI for the first time and grows headcount

Some of the Eden Girls First Portadown participants who took part in the Global Handwashing Day event organised by NI Water in partnership with WaterAid.

Global Handwashing Day explores why clean hands are still important

Overview of the traffic management arrangements in relation to overnight closure on Shore Road. Image provided by NI Water

Update for motorists on NI Water work on stretch of key Belfast route

Thousands of properties have been refused a foul drainage connection - a dreadful situation for anyone hoping to build a new factory, buy a new home or move into a social house

Letter: Economic car crash for construction and housebuilding industry

Eoghan O’Brien of Bannside Pharmacy in Portglenone says the drinking water at his home in Clady is undrinkable.

Pharmacist says Lough Neagh water ‘undrinkable’ once again

The apartments will be located above the 'Beer Shed' and 'Venue' in Coalisland. Credit: Google

Former first-floor bar/nightclub to be turned into apartments

Blue green algae stretching along the shoreline of the River Bann estuary between Coleraine and Portstewart at the weekend. Photo taken at the townland of Dooeybeg, close to the Cranagh outside Coleraine.

Toxic algae spotted along River Bann shoreline

NI Water say they can assure the public that the water is safe to drink as it is already tested for toxins released by blue-green algae in Lough Neagh.

NI Water tenders for new equipment to detect toxins

Dr Louise Taylor (centre right) speaking as environmental campaigners held a 'wake' at Ballyronan beach for Lough Neagh last September lake amid claims toxic algae is killing the UK and Ireland's largest freshwater lake. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire : Louise Taylor

Letter: The Lough Neagh action plan falls dramatically short of what is required

There are no signs of an end to Northern Ireland’s acute housing crisis with a new report showing significant declines in the numbers of year-on-year planning permission submissions, approvals and project commencements across the region. Construction Information Services (CIS) reveals that during the first half of 2024, only 1,577 new homes were started in Northern Ireland. Pictured is CIS commercial director, Dave Thompson

New CIS report shows alarming drop in housing starts across Northern Ireland

Rob Skelly enjoying the water from Lough Neagh before the toxic algae became a problem. His watersports business on the Lower Bann has had to be closed for safety reasons.

Watersports boss does not see Lough recovering in his lifetime

Someone drowning

Don't cool off in a reservoir as 'a quick dip really could mean a quick death'

Hillsborough construction firm, Graham supports NI Water’s ambitious sustainability goals with completion of £6.9m battery energy storage system in south Antrim. Pictured are Graham, NIW, Scotts Electrical Services and ARUP representatives

NI construction firm completes £6.9m battery energy storage system in Antrim

Damien O’Mullan, Head of Energy at NI Water; John Green, Strategic Investment Board; Dr Sara Venning

New NI Water Battery to Deliver for the Grid

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons told the Assembly that the impact of capacity restrictions on water and sewage infrastructure is a "significant one"

Residents paying for septic tanks due to severe pressure on NI Water: Beattie

The executive parties are unable to come up with a convincing way of meeting NI Water’s massive funding needs other than to blame the UK government and ask for yet more money in a special funding package

Esmond Birnie: Lack of realism about cash of main parties bodes ill for Stormont

UUP infrastructure spokesperson John Stewart MLA has questioned the infrastructure minister's understanding of a proposal to mutualise NI Water.

UUP question O'Dowd on water charges comments

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