Leading UK water technology provider Bluewater Bio is urging the UK water companies to highlight their efforts to introduce innovative technologies to reduce their operational costs in the face of recent pressure at both Government and regulatory level.

Finance and how to address loss and damage from the impacts of climate change in vulnerable developing countries look set to dominate the UN Climate Summit which starts today, according to global professional services consultancy PwC.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has launched a new discussion paper on how new companies will have access to the systems and services provided by the current monopoly water and sewerage and water only companies when the non-household sector opens for competition in May 2017.

An article in yesterday's Sunday Times newspaper says that ‘knives are out"’ for the water companies and that current calls by MPs and Ofwat to cut household water bills could sink the most debt-laden.

A new report surveying water risks among the world’s top energy-producing regions has found that three energy sectors face particularly high water risks: shale gas in the United States, coal production and coal-fired power in China and crude oil in the Middle East.