The UK Government, Welsh Government, Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive have all taken the decision to proceed with legislation to ban the supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.

Scottish Water has turned to ultra high-pressure robotics in a UK-first to remove decades of industrial deposits blocking a strategic sewer in South Lanarkshire.

Scottish Water is launching a new partnership approach to tackling the threat of fatbergs in city centre sewers.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a new consultation on banning wet wipes containing plastic across the UK under plans to tackle plastic pollution and clean up the country’s waterways.

A cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to detect blockages in sewers has shown an almost 90 per cent accuracy rate in a recent trial.

Drainage company Lanes Group has announced the launch of their fifth annual Unblocktober campaign.

Yorkshire Water has partnered with Cobra Hydro to use innovative technology to help tackle the problem of sewer blockages caused by fats, oils and greases from the York’s food services establishments. 

Anglian Water has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will ban sales of wet wipes containing plastic, subject to consultation.

Yorkshire Water’s partnership with Technolog and Utilitec Services in Sheffield and surrounding areas has helped identify 100 sewer blockages and enable them to be resolved before causing wider problems for customers and the environment.

Anglian Water has been fined in two separate court cases this week after causing four pollution incidents in watercourses as a result of blockages and broken infrastructure.