The launch of the inaugural £25 million Water Efficiency Lab, part of Ofwat’s £100 million Water Efficiency Fund, is set to drive innovation and cut water use across England and Wales.

A new high-tech solar-powered streetlight, iLamp, made by British greentech firm Conflow Power Group, provides a unique solution to a growing global AI power and water consumption crisis.– reducing the carbon footprint to near-zero while supplying the world’s first autonomous AI distributed data centre.

Anglian Water has awarded an AMP8 framework contract for Desalination Technical Partners (DTP) with an estimated value of £34.8 million (inc VAT).

The Environment Agency is warning that despite some progress made by the water companies in England in reducing leakage and managing water demand, both remain unacceptably high and exceed national forecasts.

Environmental charity Thames21 is calling for all river stakeholders, including the Environment Agency and Cherwell District Council, to work together in a swift manner to prevent a massive illegal waste dump from being washed into the River Cherwell.

The Environment Agency (EA) is warning that England will experience worse levels of drought next year if this winter is drier than normal.

Severn Trent is inviting interested suppliers to register for Deep Dive sessions for its proposed £200 million SRO Minworth (Northern Section) procurement.

The Environment Agency has approved a drought permit application to help refill Carsington and Ogston reservoirs, Derbyshire - the permit enables Severn Trent Water to secure public water supplies, should below-average rainfall continue.

Severn Trent is offering free mobile water bowsers to livestock farmers across Staffordshire and Derbyshire, as part of a new initiative to help manage water demand.

The National Drought Group is warning that England must prepare for an ongoing drought into and possibly throughout 2026 unless there is significant rain this autumn and winter.