Severn Trent Plc has completed the sale of its Water Purification business to Italian-headquartered company Industrie De Nora on 2 July 2015.

United Utilities set out its plans to residents in Carnforth yesterday for its proposed £6.5 million sewer upgrade which will take place over the next two years to deliver improvements in bathing water quality at Morecambe Bay.

The Consumer Council for Water (CCW) has warned that the takeover of Bournemouth Water by Pennon could be detrimental to service standards if it leads to a single dataset which masked the poorer performance of South West Water.

The public consultation on Third Energy’s application for a permit to carry out fracking in North Yorkshire has been extended.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a  €100 million long-term loan to the Helsinki Region Environmental Services (HSY- Helsingin seudun ympäristöpalvelut -kuntayhtymä) to finance the construction of a wastewater treatment plant at a new location in Blominmäki, Espoo.

Scottish Water is supporting trials by Sainsbury’s supermarket to encourage customers to recycle their waste cooking oil, whilst also saving their kitchen sink from blockages often caused when oils are poured down the drain.

Leading global water technology company Xylem Inc  has been awarded a contract worth more than $500,000 to supply ultraviolet (UV) disinfection solutions to a major municipal water reclamation facility in Singapore.