The Environment Agency has completed the £10 million Beales Corner Flood Risk Management Scheme in Bewdley, Worcestershire, delivering a major upgrade to the town’s flood defences that will benefit 50 properties and maintain access to businesses for decades to come.

Scottish Water is getting ready to start work on the third phase of an £11.5 million investment to upgrade a vital strategic rising sewer main between Renfrew and Glasgow - a temporary pipeline will once again be used to carry flows while the underground rising sewer main is relined.

Ofwat has launched a short consultation on its updated Guaranteed Standards Scheme (GSS) guidance – the GSS Regulations 2008 set out the minimum standards of service that customers should receive, and the minimum payments that customers should receive if the standards are not met.

The Environment Agency has issued drought permits that will allow Yorkshire Water to conserve water in 19 reservoirs and secure public drinking water supplies.

Scotland's east coast is facing record pressure on its rivers, with 17 areas now at Significant Scarcity - the highest number since the current version of the National Water Scarcity Plan was introduced.

Yorkshire Water is starting work next week on a £5.3 million investment at Church Street combined sewer overflow (CSO), Darton – the first of 92 storm discharge reduction projects across South Yorkshire over the next five years.