More than 350 people who use water but have never received a bill are set to have their previously unpaid charges waived after coming forward voluntarily in the first week of Thames Water's amnesty for unbilled customers.

Roads, railways, energy and water supply networks and other infrastructure all need to be able to cope with the effects of a changing climate. The first batch in a series of reports produced by organisations which maintain national infrastructure and published by Defra today set out potential risks and solutions – with flooding, coastal and river erosion among the key risks.

Today WaterBriefing is  publishing an Executive Briefing on what has been described as the "biggest change in responsibility for sewerage services since 1937" – the forthcoming transfer of responsibility for private sewers and lateral drains to water and sewerage companies.

Yorkshire Water has announced plans to build a new water treatment works in York. Planning permission for the development, which will be constructed within the boundaries of the existing works off Landing Lane in Acomb, was unanimously granted at a York council meeting last Wednesday.