Curio Water, the specialist water treatment engineering company, is launching BlueBarrier™, a containerised, multi-barrier treatment train designed to deliver comprehensive removal of micropollutants and certain PFAS (‘forever chemicals’) from wastewater.

International consulting engineering company Haskoning has signed a patent transfer agreement with Kemira for ViviMag, a technology expected to set new standards for phosphorous recovery from sewage sludge.

Aghanloo, outside Limavady, is benefitting from a £4 million investment by NI Water, following the completion of a sustainable upgrade to the local wastewater treatment works.

Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.

Ofwat has today proposed a £44.7m enforcement package following its findings that Welsh Water has breached its legal obligations in operating its wastewater treatment works and network.

The Environment Agency and the University of Stirling have published a report on the links between phosphorus concentrations and ecology in English rivers.

Uisce Éireann has published the Draft Cork Wastewater Strategy, alongside the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Environmental Report and Natura Impact Statement (NIS), for an eight week public consultation running to 19 March 2026.

Northumbrian Water is investing £26.9 millionin enhancements to three of its sites to protect the River Wear, with more than £40 million of environmental work to follow nearby.

Southern Water has completed major upgrades at two wastewater treatment works in Surrey and West Sussex.

The latest Urban Wastewater Treatment Report for 2024 from Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highlights areas where continued improvements are needed, pointing out that Uisce Éireann remains committed to addressing these through unprecedented capital investment programme.