NI Water is getting ready to start an essential programme of work in November to safeguard Derry City’s water supply for the next 25 years.

Scottish Water is warning customers the check their pipes as sub-zero temperatures lead to a 30% rise in burst pipes.

Southern Water has finally managed to restore water supply to more than 25,000 properties in St Leonards and Hastings who have been without water since Thursday evening when a water main burst.

Thames Water has started a £16 million project to reduce pipe bursts in Haydon End, Swindon – the water company is replacing the full-length of the 3km Haydon End Rising Main to prevent future bursts and ensure the network is resilient for the future.

The new lining is lowered into place through an access pit using a giant crane and a seven metre high scaffolding tower.

Scottish Water has reached a major milestone multi-million-pound project to upgrade an important sewage pipeline serving an Ayrshire beauty spot – a new temporary overland pipe has been put in place for the start of the bathing season.

United Utilities is carrying out urgent repair work to a burst pipe which carries water after it has been treated and cleaned from Fleetwood wastewater treatment works to the sea.

Scottish Water has completed repairs to a major burst on a 163 year old water main in Glasgow which saw around 100,000 homes across Glasgow left without water on Tuesday night.

Thousands of homes across the UK have been left without water as pipes burst as a result of the thaw which has followed freezing temperatures.

In the first in a series of Expert Focus articles on technology-led solutions which can drive down leakage, Kevin Brook, Sales Director at Primayer examines the advantages of fixed networks - the results, the economics and the technology - compared with traditional approaches.