Northumbrian Water Group has appointed five partners to new frameworks aimed at reshaping the way it delivers capital investment projects to support the delivery of future asset investment programmes.

Thames Water is announcing its commitment to invest £1.6 billion on its sewage treatment works and sewer networks over the next two years.

Anglian Water has been given planning permission for a 70km section of a multi-million-pound water main grid for the east of England  - the largest drinking water project the UK has seen for a generation and one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe.

Stuart Colville, Director of Policy at Water UK, the body which represents all the UK water companies, explains why the water companies support the The Times and ‘i’ campaigns to improve the nation’s rivers and seas.

Uisce Éireann Irish Water has welcomed the decision by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD, to grant ministerial approval for the development of the €50 million Ramelton, Milford and Rathmullan Sewerage Scheme.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has launched a major new consultation on its plans for the fourth round of climate change adaptation reporting – including filling gaps in the existing knowledge base where the climate resilience of some crucial UK infrastructure is not known.

Stuart Colville, Director of Policy at Water UK, the body which represents all the UK water companies, says that the water companies support the The Times and ‘i’ campaigns to improve the nation’s rivers and seas.

Ofwat has published its final decision confirming that it will allow an increase in totex funding for Portsmouth Water's Havant Thicket Storage Reservoir to £339 million from the £123.6 million first outlined at PR19.

The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a pre-market engagement exercise with the supply chain on a wide-ranging asset operation, maintenance, response and landscape framework worth an estimated £540 million-plus.

Portsmouth Water has appointed Future Water MJJV Limited to build the flagship Havant Thicket Reservoir in southern Hampshire – a contract worth £167 million. In addition, a new £41 million tunnelled pipeline, running to and from the reservoir, is set to be installed by Ward & Burke Construction Ltd.