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.
Severn Trent Water is progressing work on a £22.3 million upgrade at its Blymhill Sewage Treatment Works in Staffordshire - the improvements include greater storage and upgrading existing equipment, to ensure its long-term performance.
Uisce Éireann has completed a €7 million upgrade to its Newport wastewater treatment plant which has boosted the performance and capacity of the plant, enabling it to serve a population equivalent of 3,600.
Scottish Water’s head office in Stepps is set to be home to one of the largest solar carports in the country, as work gets underway on a major £2.4 million renewables project.
Pennon Group has announced a robust start to AMP8 with a strong return to profitability in its latest trading update for the period from 1 April to 25 September 2025 - a robust liquidity position has been further enhanced by £300 million new issuance in September 2025 under its EMTN funding programme.
United Utilities has announced plans to improve water quality in Pennington Flash and help future proof Wigan’s sewer system as the area continues to grow.
Everflow, the UK’s leading multi-service utility provider for businesses and the UK’s fifth largest water supplier, is reporting interim unaudited revenue results of £119.3 million and gross profits of £12.5 million for the first half of 2025.
Yorkshire Water has reported that reservoirs in Yorkshire have seen the largest weekly rise in over 30 years.
Two enormous Archimedes screws - each the size of a double-decker bus – have been installed at Southern Water’s Horsham Wastewater Treatment Works as part of a £36 million upgrade at the West Sussex site.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
bNovate has launched BactoCloud, a secure cloud-based platform that connects and manages its BactoSense instruments, enabling real-time monitoring and optimization of microbial water quality.
Amiblu, a global leader in Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) pipe systems for wastewater, stormwater, drinking water, irrigation, hydropower, and industrial applications, has announced the appointment of Martyn Turton as its Sales Director for the UK & Ireland, driving strategic market development in the infrastructure and water sectors, effective immediately.
As a project manager at Metasphere, a Grundfos-owned remote telemetry company at the cutting edge of innovation, Fey McHarg, has witnessed firsthand how the intelligent harnessing of data, specifically through the data-as-a-service model, is fundamentally reshaping and revolutionising the water sector.