The Environment Agency is warning that England faces a massive 5 billion litre a day shortfall for public water supplies by 2055 without urgent action to futureproof resources – and Read more
The Water Innovation Fund has launched the seventh Water Breakthrough Challenge, which will award up to £50 million to collaborative innovations that tackle the water sector’s biggest issues. Read more
Abu Dhabi is set to welcome the 2026 UN Water Conference – the UAE and Senegal will co-host the 2026 UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi from 8–10 December 2026. Read more
Ofwat has launched a consultation seeking views on its proposed new approach to the methodolgy used by the water companies for reporting leakage. Read more
The Environment Agency has published a major update to the MCERTS flowmeter scheme for water flow monitoring equipment – the scheme has been substantially revised. Read more
A Taunton potato farmer has been prosecuted by the Environment Agency for causing silt, soil and potatoes to escape from a field and seriously pollute a tributary of the River Tone in Somerset.
On International Women in Engineering Day (IWED) this week Thames Water celebrated Dina Gillespie – who runs Thames Water’s largest wastewater pumping station.
River Action has been granted permission by the High Court to proceed with a legal challenge against water sector Ofwat for a full court hearing to challenge the approach the regulator took when it set the amounts that water companies can charge their customers at the 2024 Price Review.
Ofwat will shortly set out plans to launch the Water Efficiency Campaign, a bold national behaviour change campaign to improve water efficiency across England and Wales, backed by a confirmed budget of up to £75 million over five years.
Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a contract for advanced metering infrastructure for non-household customers: AMI smart water meters, networks and data services worth an estimated £50 million (ex VAT).
NI Water has gone out to tender with a contract for the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and maintenance of Rotating Biological Contactors (RBCs) worth an estimated £19.2 million (inc VAT).
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.