Uisce Éireann has commenced a critical infrastructure upgrade at the Limerick Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bunlicky, Co. Limerick. The ‘Interim’ Sludge Project will modernise the facility’s sludge treatment capabilities.

Work on the third phase of a £16 million project to upgrade a strategic rising sewer main carrying waste water from Renfrew for treatment in Glasgow is getting underway.

United Utilities is progressing a number of multi-million pound AMP8 projects, including seven projects to boost water quality around the Eden Valley which are due to start this month.

South East Water has completed the first project in its £1.2 billion AMP8 business plan - the most ambitious plan the water company has ever created.

A new plan by Southern Water to keep surface water out of its sewers is providing extra support to a Sussex village with a history of flooding problems.

South West Water has reduced the amount of water lost to leaks by over 10 million litres a day thanks to the efforts of its teams and the use of new technology.

Yorkshire Water is progressing work on £11 million worth of upgrades at wastewater treatment works in Barnsley – preparatory work is now underway at its Worsborough wastewater treatment site for a c £4 million upgrade to improve performance.

Thames Water has started identifying customers who need financial support to automatically enrol them on its social tariff schemes under a new initiative which will provide more than £10 million in financial assistance to an estimated 33,000 households under the company’s WaterHelp, WaterSure and Extra Support Scheme programmes.