The EFRA Committee will continue its ‘reforming the water sector’ inquiry this week – four more water companies are due to appear before the Committee during two evidence sessions on the mornings of 25 and 26 February.

The Environment Agency yesterday made an application to Defra for a Drought Order which will help to prevent the Holme Styes reservoir in Holmfirth from running dry.

Yorkshire Water has gone out to tender with a framework contract seeking partners for the provision of technical services worth an estimated £77.2 million in total.

Moody's Investors Service has placed the Baa1 corporate family rating of Yorkshire Water Services Limited on review for downgrade, primarily reflecting what it describes as the rising risk associated with the company's significant derivatives portfolio.

Yorkshire Water is working with other organisations to ensure drainage systems at Hornsea and Withernsea are functioning properly.

Goldman Sachs is teaming up with Allianz, Europe’s largest insurance company, to make a £2bn bid for a 30% stake in Yorkshire Water, according to the Sunday Times.

Yorkshire Water has announced the eight contract partners and three framework consultants that will deliver its AMP6 programme.

Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water are two of four UK utility companies working together to provide a £21 billion package of network improvements over the next ten years in the North East of England.

Thames Water is coming under ongoing pressure with regard to the funding needed to financé the costs of building the Tideway Tunnel – last week MP Simon Hughes and format Ofwat Director-General Sir Ian Byatt questioned the proposals, while articles in the Guardian, the Times and the Financial Times also flagged up serious concerns on the subject.

Yorkshire Water is constructing a new anaerobic digestion plant at its waste water treatment works in Sheffield, which will generate renewable electricity and cut the company's carbon emissions.