Met Office warns wet and windy weather is set to continue - with risk of more flooding
The Met Office has issued a series of warnings this morning saying that wet and windy weather will continue through much of this week.
Award winners announced today for Ofwat’s £4.5 million Water Discovery Challenge
A technology using a natural technique inspired by lightning that could be used as an alternative to chlorination, and eliminate so-called ‘forever chemicals’, is among the 10 winners of Ofwat’s Water Discovery Challenge announced today.
MOSL releases updated water efficiency dashboard
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.
New research says people prepared to pay more to increase the role of nature in tackling water challenges
Households would be willing to pay up to £40 a year more on their water bill to use nature instead of man-made materials to improve river water quality and reduce the risk of flooding, according to new research by the Consumer Council for Water (CCW).
London “underprepared” for climate change impacts like flooding and extreme heat and faces “lethal risk”
The London Climate Resilience Review is warning that London and UK are “underprepared” for climate change impacts like flooding and extreme heat and that London faces “lethal risk”.
NASA study shows more Greenland ice lost than previously estimated - majority of glaciers have retreated significantly
The Greenland Ice Sheet has shed about one-fifth more ice mass in the past four decades than previously estimated, according to a new paper published by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Research findings show one in six delayed payment of a water bill due to lack of understanding
Aptumo is highlighting the findings of its affordability research which show unclear communications and a lack of understanding of water bills are causing almost one in six (14%) bill payers to delay payment to their water provider.
Met Office warns 2023 was second warmest year on record for UK
The Met Office is reporting that 2023 was provisionally the second warmest year on record for the UK, with Wales and Northern Ireland having their respective warmest years in a series from 1884.
Storm overflows reduction targets - mitigating risk and delivering supply chain resilience in AMP8
In the light of Environment Minister Stephen Barclay’s call for water company CEOs to accelerate plans to deliver on sewage spills reductions in the next 12 months, Steve Morris, Managing Director at wastewater technology specialists HUBER Technology UK, takes a look at mitigating risk and delivering supply chain resilience during AMP8.
Storm Henk named by Met Office with more wet and windy weather ahead for UK this week
The Met Office has named Storm Henk – which will bring a spell of very strong winds to parts of the UK leading to potential disruption to travel and infrastructure.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
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.”
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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