Yorkshire Water began work yesterday on a nature-based wetland in Ilkley, marking the next step of a £60 million investment to improve water treatment and the water quality of the river Wharfe.

The Environment Agency, Clinton Devon Estates, local representatives and project partners gathered on Thursday last week to celebrate the successful completion of the Lower Otter Restoration Project.

The Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve in Devon is due to be significantly expanded by nearly 90 hectares today - in part thanks to a unique piece of coastal engineering, which has seen 50 hectares of internationally important new wetland habitat created.

Severn Trent has completed the main phase of work to create a new wetland in Cinderford, bringing the scheme closer to completion.

Yorkshire Water is set to create a new integrated constructed wetland at its Clifton wastewater treatment works, near Doncaster, which will provide a natural, sustainable and low-carbon way to treat water before returning it to the environment.