Following Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s claim that Britain’s way of life is “under threat” from climate change, local planning authorities (LPAs) are being urged to mandate rainwater harvesting across all new infrastructure projects, from residential developments to high-rise commercial buildings.

Manchester City Football Club is using data and analytics for more than performance on the pitch - the Club is introducing digital solutions from its official water technology partner Xylem to help capture and reuse rainwater more efficiently.

A ‘Rhino tank’ to harvest rainwater to flush toilets has been installed at the Riverside Country Park in Kent, thanks to Southern Water's Business Partnership Fund.

Affinity Water has teamed up with SDS Ltd to work on a new Water Neutrality project funded by Ofwat and Nesta to fit out 400 new homes in mid-Bedfordshire with water reuse systems such as rainwater and grey water recycling.

Engineering students and junior engineers across the UK are being called upon to find radical ideas to tackle the nation’s growing water crisis as part of the Water Futures Challenge.

Water UK has published a pre-implementation version of the 8th edition of ‘Sewers for Adoption’ with the expectation that the document will come into effect in mid 2019 as part of the implementation of the Ofwat Code on Adoption Agreements.

Residents in Exmouth are playing a part in a pilot scheme to reduce the risk of flooding by participating in an innovative rainwater harvesting project funded by South West Water.

A research project into the impact of rainwater harvesting in India on groundwater quality led by Dr Alison Parker from Cranfield University and Dr Anupma Sharma from the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India is among a number of projects to be delivered within the UK-India Water Quality programme.

As part of the international charity WaterAid ‘Water Innovators’ challenge, a team from South East Water  - Team Natural Harvest - is competing with 12 others to solve real challenges from WaterAid’s work in Nepal.

South West Water is holding a public event for residents to discuss ways of preventing sewer flooding in Aveton Gifford on 9 July.