With sewage sludge as an agricultural fertiliser to farmland coming under greater public and media scrutiny, the issue is rising further up the water companies’ agenda and the possibility of tighter legislation is undoubtedly in prospect.

Scottish Water is getting ready to plant over 80 hectares of land at Talla Reservoir with native woodland to help make the catchment more resilient to climate change in the future.

United Utilities has achieved a UK first at its Blackburn Wastewater Treatment Works by successfully trialling a groundbreaking technology to extract naturally occurring glucose from sewage.

South West Water has reduced the amount of water lost to leaks by over 10 million litres a day thanks to the efforts of its teams and the use of new technology.

The Scottish Government has announced the vacancy for the Chair of the Board of WICS. The recruitment campaign launched on 26 September and will close at 17:00 on 24 October 2025.

Yorkshire Water is progressing work on £11 million worth of upgrades at wastewater treatment works in Barnsley – preparatory work is now underway at its Worsborough wastewater treatment site for a c £4 million upgrade to improve performance.

Thames Water has started identifying customers who need financial support to automatically enrol them on its social tariff schemes under a new initiative which will provide more than £10 million in financial assistance to an estimated 33,000 households under the company’s WaterHelp, WaterSure and Extra Support Scheme programmes.