A statement of priority actions for improving global water security has been agreed between the UK government and attending countries and multilateral organisations following a ministerial roundtable on water security on 13 March convened by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

The World Bank is warning that the world is experiencing an annual spending shortfall of between US$131.4 TO $140.8 billion needed to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for universal access to safe water and sanitation.

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is calling on the Government to cut PFAS concentration levels in drinking water tenfold to safeguard public health.as research highlights serious health risks posed by the ‘forever chemicals.’

Irish Water is flagging up a rise in pesticides levels which has seen exceedances in pesticides across certain counties.

Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency has said it expects drinking water to comply with EU standards by 2020 - 16 years after the original compliance deadline.

Work is underway to restore peatlands to their natural state across Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire after £160,000 of funding was secured through the Department Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

People will be able to refill water bottles for free in tens of thousands of places in England in future following the announcement of a new national scheme by the water industry today.

A new protection scheme developed by the Coal Authority has been switched on at Whitburn to prevent an important drinking water source from contamination by mine water.

A delegation from the Singaporean water company PUB visited the KWR Water Research Institute in the Netherlands last month to discuss joint research on the capture and use of rainwater.