Affinity Water has announced the launch of its first-ever Smart metering initiative, starting in February with a trial in parts of the Harlow and Bishops Stortford areas, Hertfordshire.

A coalition of nature groups has released an analysis of water company AMP8 business plans for the next five years showing that the water industry will spend just 2% of its total budget - 5% of the enhancement budget ( £2 billion) – on natural solutions.

The Southern Water Business Partnership Fund has awarded five grants totalling more than £90,000 to businesses across the Southeast region, for water saving ideas.

Retail market operator MOSL has published a new version of the publicly available water efficiency dashboard. The latest version uses official Ofwat Water Resource Zone (WRZ) data and newly enriched market data at a supply point (SPID) level, as opposed to meter level, as the dashboard did previously.

Although water rates have stayed the same over the last year, new research from Yorkshire Water has revealed the rising costs of using water in the home, thanks to gas and electricity prices rocketing.

An interactive online tool to help customers save money by gaining a better understanding of their water use will be launched by Thames Water today.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published a progress report outlining Government activities to encourage the conservation of water between 2010 and 2013, together with details of further steps planned for the future.

Construction and support services group Interserve will commit to reducing water use by 20 per cent by 2016 as part of a business-wide sustainability plan.

Nestlé has this morning been named the winner of the Stockholm Industry Water Award for its leadership and performance to improve water management in its internal operations and throughout its supply chain.