Thames Water is inviting interested suppliers to attend an online launch event at the end of September for its upcoming AMP8 tender to put a Mains Rehab Framework agreement in place worth an estimated £440 million.

Engineers constructing a new 19.5km water pipeline to protect water supplies in Essex have reached a major milestone.

Defra Minister Steve Reed has announced that the Government is to carry out a full review of the water sector, saying that “fourteen years of Tory failure have left much of our infrastructure in disrepair.”

The Environment Agency is inviting construction suppliers to request and complete a pre-market engagement questionnaire by 10.00 am on 17^th September ahead of going out to tender with an upcoming £3 billion framework contract for its Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF)2.

Owner of Northumbrian Water Group CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd has been admitted to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

Anglian Water’s Regulation Director, Darren Rice, outlines the changes Ofwat needs to make to ensure the water company’s Final Determination is investable and deliverable, following discussions with the regulator on Anglian’s proposed business plan for 2025-2030, saying: "As it stands the allowed return proposed in the Draft Determination will not enable us or the wider sector to attract the necessary debt and equity capital to fund AMP8 investment programmes."

The Environment Agency is progressing work on the £24.8 million Leigh Flood Storage Area expansion and Hildenborough embankment scheme which protect communities in Tonbridge and Hildenborough are at risk of flooding from the River Medway.

Water UK is warning that unless Ofwat changes its approach, equity investors will not provide all the capital the sector needs at AMP8, especially when more attractive investment opportunities are available elsewhere.

Uisce Éireann is investing €19 million-plus in its Adamstown Water Treatment Plant in Waterford – the plant provides over 70% of Waterford’s water supply to customers in the city and county.

Scottish Water is seeking early supply chain interest in two major upcoming tenders with a combined value of up to £7.17 billion for the delivery of civil infrastructure and MEICA projects under the Enterprise model for its regulation periods SR27 and SR33 programme of capital and operational work.