Water quality in two County Durham watercourses will benefit from a partnership project, led by the Wear Rivers Trust and supported by Northumbrian Water’s Bluespaces programme.

Yorkshire Water is investing a total of £8.9 million across its Ingbirchworth and Hoylandswaine wastewater treatment sites in South Yorkshire to improve water quality in both the river Don, and Banks Bottom Dike.

Yorkshire Water is investing £2.7 million in its Kirkby Malzeard wastewater treatment works to improve water quality in Kex beck, which eventually joins the river Laver near Ripon.

Welsh Water’s £27 million project to improve two wastewater treatment works and reduce their impact on the River Wye are about to go live – a year ahead of schedule.

United Utilities is investing £77.7 million at its wastewater treatment works in Burnley to help improve water quality in the River Ribble.

Southern Water has unveiled plans for a large wetland next to its treatment works in Staplefield in West Sussex.

Work will shortly begin at Killinghall wastewater treatment works, where Yorkshire Water is investing £19 million to help improve water quality in the river Nidd by removing Phosphorus from treated wastewater.

River water quality in County Durham is set to benefit from a £4.3 million investment in wastewater treatment.

With the announcement of the results of the second market round, the Somerset Catchment Market has now reached a significant milestone with over £1 million secured for new nature projects that will deliver Phosphorus Mitigation in the Tone and Parrett Catchment in Somerset.

Wessex Water is investing nearly £3 million on two projects to protect the environment in rural South Gloucestershire by enhancing the removal of chemicals from water.