The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is getting ready to publish an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems later today.
On-site sludge treatment technology is offering big food and drink manufacturing companies the opportunity to make major cost savings, improve environmental performance and achieve significant operational benefits – and all with a payback of less than two years.
The water industry regulator has launched a consultation on new guidance for companies’ ring-fencing obligations - as an example, in the future, Ofwat said it is "very unlikely that it would give consent for water companies to make a loan to their parent company."
Yorkshire Water has gone out to tender with a contract for a range of specialist technical services to support service delivery in maintaining key operational activities worth an estimated £10 million.
Global water tech firm Xylem says that new approaches are needed to create a step change improvement in water system performance as global water challenges intensify.
Southern Water's war on leaks is delivering a dramatic fall in the volume of water being lost - a new anti-leak taskforce has brought down the volume of water leaking from Southern Water's 14,000 km network of water pipes by 15 million litres a day since February.
A new research study by Citizens Advice has concluded that regulators have allowed water, energy, broadband and telephone networks to overcharge customers by £24.1 billion over the past fifteen years.
The Environment Agency is investigating proposals to manage the risk of flooding in Calstock, Cornwall, from the River Tamar - the scheme is needed urgently.
Ofwat has flagged up concerns that Affinity Water’s revised draft water resources management plan 2019on does not provide sufficient evidence that it delivers in the best interest of customers on a range of issues.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has launched a new consultation on its updated UK marine strategy and the targets to achieve or maintain Good Environmental Status (GES) in UK seas.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.