Over £10 million in water company fines has been channelled through the Water Restoration Fund into cleanup projects to repair the damage done by sewage, benefitting communities and the environment which have been harmed by rule breaking.
Severn Trent Water has awarded an AMP8 contract for AMI meters for itself and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig - the contract had an estimated value put at £200 million when it went out to tender in October 2024.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seeking further supply chain input for its upcoming procurement of a £3.12 billion contract for end to end water and wastewater services, including the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the MoD's private water network through a single national Managed Service Provider (MSP).
Ofwat has set out clear expectations for water companies to tell customers how money is spent, why bills are rising and what improvements the funding will deliver.
South West Water and its partners have launched a pioneering new project that will harness cutting-edge technology to develop tools to predict and manage harmful algal blooms (HABS) before they grow.
Great Yorkshire Rivers (GYR) - a partnership between Yorkshire Water, the Environment Agency and The Rivers Trust – is starting its next phase of funding of over £21 million investment to support river health and fish migration and open up over 500km of Yorkshire rivers.
South East Water has completed the first project in its £1.2 billion AMP8 business plan - the most ambitious plan the water company has ever created.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland has awarded a contract for delivery of annual monitoring programme for private water supplies with an estimated value of £1.068 million.
Yorkshire Water is planning to procure a range of contingent labour services through a multi-lot framework.
NI Water has gone out to tender with a contract for the collection and transportation of water and wastewater samples worth an estimated £19.5 million inc VAT).
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.