The Environment Agency has updated its Water resources planning guidance and Environmental Destination for Water Resources planning guidance following a consultation which ran from 13 October 2025 to 5 December 2025.

The Environment Agency has published detailed new guidance on the approach needed to propose a regional environmental destination for water resources and the steps to get there.

The Environment Agency has delayed publication of its response to the consultation on its proposed update of the water resources planning guideline for England, attributing the delay to the high volume of detailed responses received and current resource constraints within the team.

Defra, the Environment Agency and Ofwat are calling on a number of water companies to take further action following the regulators’ assessment of the individual utilities’ Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) Annual Review 2025.

Directors at the Environment Agency, Defra and Ofwat have written to senior executives at all of the water companies in England to reaffirm their joint expectation that the companies should focus on delivering the commitments and investments set out in their water resources management plan (WRMP) “starting straight away.”

The Environment Agency has published its review of the revised draft regional and water resources management plans published by water companies in England.

The Environment Agency is warning that more action is needed to protect future water resources - a new report from the Agency has found that almost a fifth (19%) of water supplies are lost by water companies before reaching customers’ taps.

Anglian Water has awarded Atkins Réalis UK Ltd the contract for design, consenting and enabling services for its Grafham to Rede project.

 The Environment Agency is warning that whilst smart meters will help to ensure households and businesses use water wisely and through reducing leaks, this will not be enough - new supplies are needed and decisions about these need to be made now.

MOSL is calling on Ofwat to ensure its determinations on the water companies’ AMP8 business plans at PR24 include an appropriate level of incentives/penalties to drive progress to help achieve Defra’s target of reducing water demand by 9% by 2038 in the non household retail market.