Yorkshire Water has launched a new interactive map that will show the operation of storm overflows in its region in near real time.

Yorkshire Water has completed a new 835-metre sewer underneath Ilkley to reduce the frequency and duration of discharges to the river Wharfe.

Water and sewage companies in England have today apologised for not acting quickly enough on sewage spills and announced plans to invest £10 billion – more than triple current levels – in a new National Overflows Plan, enabling the biggest modernisation of sewers since the Victorian era.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency have announced that four swimming spots in England are being considered to become designated bathing water sites and benefit from regular water quality monitoring from this spring.

Severn Trent is trialling the use of ozone disinfectant to create bathing rivers in the UK in a move that could help revolutionise the future of wastewater treatment.

Local campaigners have launched a crowdfunding initiative to protect the River Kent from water pollution - the Clean River Kent Campaign has 4 weeks to raise £1,500 to support a volunteer-led citizen science testing programme through to October 2022.

Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection measures have been added to Yorkshire Water’s treatment works at Draughton and Beamsley to help improve water quality at the designated bathing water area in Ilkley and the river Wharfe.

Severn Trent is beginning investigative work in Ludlow this week, as part of its £78 million Green Recovery Bathing Rivers project.

Following on from the launch of Get River Positive in March, Severn Trent has announced the UK’s largest river quality improvement programme with plans to transform 15km of waterways into bathing waters.

Severn Trent is beginning the first stages of its £78 million investment in Warwickshire next week as part of its ambitious Green Recovery programme in the region.