S&P Global Ratings has today yet again downgraded Thames Water credit ratings, saying: “In our view, Thames Water's liquidity has deteriorated to a less-than-adequate position as we forecast that the company will not be able to cover its financial needs by 1.1x over the 12 months from the end of June 2024.”
More than 600 people attended a virtual public meeting staged by Ofwat yesterday to get the views of customers and stakeholders on the draft decisions on business plans of all water companies in England for 2025 to 2030.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir has announced 20 actions his Department will take to improve water quality, address the challenges in Lough Neagh and tackle blue green algae (BGA).
Due to high Blue green algae levels in Chew Valley lake, Bristol Water has announced it has taken the difficult decision to suspend all activities that come into contact with the water on Chew Valley Lake.
Registration is now open for the Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival – which will see thousands of creative minds from across the globe coming together to find solutions to some of the topics that have been hitting the headlines recently.
Yorkshire Water has awarded an AMP8 framework contract covering the supply of new screens and associated handling equipment, as well as the maintenance of all YW screening assets, and the hire of temporary screens and handling equipment.
Falco has been awarded a place on Lot 2 of Thames Water’s Runaway 1 framework to provide civils and maintenance of non-infrastructure assets.
Welsh Water, the only not-for-profit water company in England and Wales, is among the first in the water industry to publish their open data strategy.
Scottish Water is using sniffer dogs to help find leaking water mains in some rural areas in Scotland - the dogs have recently successfully identified hard to find hidden leaks with the discovery of 21 suspected leaks in the Borders and East Lothian.
Southern Water has published a Periodic Indicative Notice announcing its upcoming £400 million AMP8 procurement process for its pump supply, install, maintenance, repair and hire programme.
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.