The Government has said that once legislation is in place for forthcoming measures in the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill for the upgrade of wastewater treatment works in catchments of Habitats Sites affected by nutrient pollution and development, “decision-makers can be confident the upgrades will be in place by 2030.”

Ofwat has today announced the appointment of Chris Walters as Senior Director for the Price Review. He joins Ofwat from NHS England, where he is Director of Pricing and Costing.

The Government has today published a new Plan for Water covers both the water environment – how clean it is – and water resources – how much of it which will deliver more investment, stronger regulation and tougher enforcement on water companies.

The Environment Agency has published an accessible version summary document of its third adaptation report Living better with a changing climate to Defra under the adaptation reporting power of the Climate Change 2008 Act which was first published in October 2021.

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey is expected to announce tougher penalties and fines on water companies this week which will be reinvested back into a new Water Restoration Fund, making polluters pay for damage they cause to the environment.

Ofwat is set to approve £1.6 billion spend for the accelerated delivery of 31 investment schemes by water companies with work beginning in the next two financial years, from 2023 to 2025.

The Environment Agency has today published Event Duration Monitoring data for 2022. This includes data from all 10 water and sewerage companies (WaSCs) operating in England, with information on the frequency and duration of storm overflow spills.