Collaboration between water companies and their supply chain is moving in the right direction, according to the latest Water & Wastewater Company Performance Survey published today by British Water, the voice of the UK water and wastewater supply chain.

Future Water Association’s members, partners and colleagues gathered last week to mark four decades of collaboration, innovation and influence – and to recognise great talent in the water sector.

In an Expert focus article for Waterbriefing, Katherine Ibbotson, Director, Strategic Advisory, at WSP, one of the world's leading professional services and engineering consulting firms, takes a look at what the Government's CPS2 framework for Flood Risk and Asset Management services means for flood risk management.

UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has released a landmark report aimed at tackling the lack of a unified approach to quantifying and valuing asset health across the sector.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has highlighted Portsmouth Water’s Havant Thicket Reservoir project as an example of the water sector leading the way on the long-term collaboration required to meet the UK government’s hugely ambitious 10-year infrastructure strategy.

From products to partnerships, as the water sector in England and Wales embarks on an unprecedented scaling of investment, Jason Hemingway, SIG Infrastructure sales director, asks what can be learned from big infrastructure projects in other sectors.

The UK will struggle to deliver the government’s £725bn 10-year infrastructure strategy without immediate and sustained action to boost industry capacity, productivity and collaboration, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers’ State of the Nation 2026 report.

Southern Water says collaboration between partner agencies to protect and enhance the water quality of its 87 designated bathing waters is reaping its rewards along the region’s 700-mile coastline.

Energy Minister Michael Shanks has announced that a first of its kind comprehensive Energy Resilience Strategy will be published next year to future proof the energy system to address the evolving risks the sector faces, including climate change impacts, cyber threats and geopolitical tensions.

A memorandum of action (MoA) has been signed between trade association British Water and US innovation hub The Water Council to establish a framework of collaboration to foster innovation, business development, and global connections in the water sector.