South East Water has issued a precautionary boil water notice for 24,000 customers in Tunbridge Wells as water supply is restored for flushing toilets and washing only.

Severn Trent is set to start work in Ludlow next month to move a stretch of the River Teme towards bathing quality in a groundbreaking river health project.

Severn Trent is trialling the use of ozone disinfectant to create bathing rivers in the UK in a move that could help revolutionise the future of wastewater treatment.

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has gone out to tender with a contract for a project to develop a validation standard for ultraviolet (UV) irradiation for disinfection and update existing guidance on the use of UV for water treatment.

Northumbrian Water has invested £1.9 million in innovative UV technology as part of the disinfection system at its water treatment works at Lumley, in County Durham.

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.

Irish Water has completed an upgrade to the Smear Water Treatment Plant. The investment at the plant included improvements to the treatment of the raw water at Lough Gowna which will assist in the reduction of Trihalomethanes (THMs) formation in the water supply.

Southern Water is planning to use ultra violet light to treat stormwater leaving Chichester Wastewater Treatment Works.