The latest report and accounts from civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale show a solid performance as the business both consolidated the growth of the previous financial year and strengthened its margins.

A £5 million investment scheme by Anglian Water will provide properties in Rockland and Morley with new sewerage systems, giving residents the opportunity to connect to mains sewerage for the first time.

Affinity Water, the UK’s largest water-only supplier, has launched the next phase of its award-winning Save Our Streams (SOS) initiative, which aims to make sustainable water usage second nature.

Yorkshire Water is trialling new sludge screen technology at its Woodhouse Mill wastewater treatment works – an industry first in the UK.

Severn Trent has applied to the Environment Agency (EA) for drought permits which will allow it to release less water than normal from its Upper Derwent Valley reservoirs into the River Derwent over the next few months.