On Friday 5 June Thames Water issued its Eleventh Consent Requests to secure further funding – two days after the company announced that its Tenth Consent Request had been approved, allowing it to access £413.49 million in further funding.
Anglian Water has awarded an AMP8 framework contract for ecology & hydrology surveys and assessments with an estimated total value of almost £70 million including VAT.
Ofwat has confirmed its final decision to formally accept a £44.7 million enforceable package of undertakings from Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water.
Bristol Water is delivering a major programme of improvements to the pipes, treatment works and reservoirs that supply drinking water across the region over the next four years.
Scottish Water has announced plans for a major multi-million pound bioresources upgrade project for Glasgow – the utility is seeking feedback on proposals for the replacement of its bioresources treatment plant in Daldowie.
United Utilities is set to start work on two projects which will see upgrades to both the water and United wastewater network in Troutbeck - the water company for the North West is investing more than £4.8 million on both schemes.
The East West Railway Company has launched an early market engagement exercise seeking supply chain interest ahead of a future £360 million (inc VAT) procurement for an Integration Technical Operations Assurance & Environmental Partner for the delivery of East West Rail (EWR), a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project providing new and upgraded rail links between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge.
The Environment Agency has awarded a contract for the delivery of its Hydrology Training Programme to maintain and enhance technical resilience with an estimated value of £240,000 including VAT.
Yorkshire Water is set to roll out innovative Bio-Block® technology at 15 new sites following a successful trial to stop blockages caused by fats, oils and grease (FOG).
Following South West Water’s admission of 18 separate charges of water pollution across a six year period in Devon and Cornwall and its guilty plea at Plymouth Magistrates Court in March this year, the water firm is expected to be sentenced on 30 July 2026.
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.