Ofwat has today confirmed it will continue to provide ring-fenced funding for further investigations into four strategic regional water resource solutions in England. The proposed solutions could provide long-term, resilient water supplies to drier parts of the country.

Ofwat Chief Executive David Black has set out the regulator’s expectations for water companies and investors at the upcoming Price Review in 2024.

United Utilities is looking to start the tender process for the multi-million pound Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme under a ground-breaking new contract model.

A decade of UK ‘infrastructure growth’ has been predicted by Balfour Beatty CEO and Aston University visiting professor, Leo Quinn, as the construction industry gets ready for a potential boom following financial commitments from the Government.

Ofwat has designated United Utilities’ Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme as a Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) Delivered Project.

A new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers shows how infrastructure projects, programmes, and supply chain businesses are using systems thinking to deliver better outcomes - with Tideway and Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance cited as exemplar projects.

The Chancellor has announced the appointment of three new experts to the National Infrastructure Commission.

Anglian Water has gone out to tender with an AMP7/8 contract for easement and mains laying works.

A new report by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has found that a £2.6 billion, six-year programme of work dedicated to improving flood and coastal defences has exceeded its original targets by 14,000 – with over 314,000 homes now better protected from flooding since 2015.

The Environment Agency is checking hundreds of flood defence assets along the River Severn to make sure they are fully operational and ready to protect against flood risk.