Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has officially opened its pioneering £13 million reedbed and wetland storm overflow at Pont-y-felin in Torfaen – the first project of its kind in the UK.

Irish Water, working in partnership with Carlow County Council, has completed works to install Sludge Drying Reed Beds (SDRB) at five wastewater treatment plants in Co. Carlow – the environmentally friendly wastewater project will result in significant cost savings and promote biodiversity.

Yorkshire Water is investing more than £200,000 on maintenance work to the reed beds at Carperby Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) in Carperby, Yorkshire Dales.

Irish Water has lodged planning applications for eight innovative and environmentally friendly reed beds, representing a €900,000 investment across Carlow.

Severn Trent Water is beginning to roll out new ground breaking technology to remove phosphorus from the sewage treatment process to meet new stringent targets.

Thames Water has been working in collaboration with Cranfield University on a project  to develop a more sustainable and non-chemical treatment process using an innovative reed bed treatment for the removal of phosphorus from treated effluent.