Severn Trent is progressing work on a £7.6 million upgrade for Hixon sewage treatment works - the utility’s latest project to improve the water and wastewater networks in Staffordshire.

Yorkshire Water is investing a total of £8.9 million across its Ingbirchworth and Hoylandswaine wastewater treatment sites in South Yorkshire to improve water quality in both the river Don, and Banks Bottom Dike.

Paul Hartley, chief commercial officer at Ovarro, explains why water companies getting on the front foot with leakage targets and technology investment now will be in a strong position going into AMP8.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a novel sustainable hydrogel to remove microplastics from water - the material has a unique intertwined polymer network that can bind the contaminants and degrade them using UV light irradiation.

SES Water has launched a pre-market engagement exercise for its AMP8 Half hourly and non Half Hourly Electricity requirements worth an estimated £42 million.

According to a new report by Dam Removal Europe, the European dam removal movement achieved another record-breaking year. A remarkable 487 barriers were removed in 15 European countries in 2023 – a 50% increase on last year’s record number.