Thames Water is updating designs for its proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction project, following feedback received during its autumn 2023 public consultation.

Anglian Water’s @one Alliance has begun work on an upgrade worth nearly £1 million to the water network in Lower Stondon which will secure resilient water supplies for new homes in the Bedfordshire area, keeping taps running and toilets flushing for years to come.

Work in Warwickshire is already well underway as part of Severn Trent’s accelerated £450 million region-wide programme of investment, where once complete, spills from storm overflows will reduce by 20% a year.

Scottish Water’s sewer response teams – who clear about 36,000 blockages per year across the country – are adopting a new tactic to urge customers to “bin the wipes” that cause them.

Yorkshire Water has started work to reduce discharges from a storm overflow at Scalby Mills, near Scarborough, as it continues its work to improve bathing water quality in the town.

Anglian Water has announced a new Green Skills Academy at the College of West Anglia in Wisbech, with £2 million of overall funding from the water company and its alliance partners.