A groundbreaking river restoration programme in Cumbria has narrowly missed out on winning the world’s most prestigious water conservation award.
Ofwat has launched a new consultation on its proposals to introduce fitness and propriety tests for those in senior roles at water companies.
Severn Trent is continuing to progress work on its major £25 million investment programme in Stoke-on-Trent to replace 40km of ageing water pipes.
Anglian Water's @one Alliance has completed important upgrades to their water recycling centre (WRC) in Towcester to help protect the environment from flooding and support future growth in the area.
South West Water is progressing work on its Turning the Tide programme to reduce storm overflows - the water company will begin work this autumn on a major project in Falmouth to improve the town’s sewage network, reduce the use of storm overflows and protect the quality of its bathing waters.
Nottingham City Council has gone out to tender with a contract to put an open framework scheme in place for the provision of pipework inspection, renewal and repair of water services with an estimated value of c £1 million (inc VAT).
North West water and wastewater company United Utilities has opened applications for its 2026 graduate and interns programme.
South West Water is working in partnership with the University of Exeter through the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW), to develop an upgraded model incorporating AI to predict the location of lead pipes across its network.
MOSL is calling on Ofwat to create a clearer pathway to the easing of price protections in its response to Ofwat's Retail Exit Code (REC26) consultation.
Following the hottest summer on UK record according to the Met Office, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has confirmed that no temporary use measures, or hosepipe bans, will be needed across its operating area this year.
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.