Severn Trent is applying to the Environment Agency (EA) for a Drought Permit to increase the amount of water it can pump this winter out of its Foremark and Staunton Harold reservoirs near the River Dove.

Latest Met Office statistics suggest that the UK would need a December of near-record cold weather to avoid 2022 being the warmest year on record for the UK.

Water companies have been warned that they must start planning now to avoid potentially significant water supply and environmental impacts next summer.

Thames Water has confirmed that it is lifting its hosepipe ban for customers across London and the Thames Valley with immediate effect.

Water Resources South East (WRSE) has published a long-term regional water plan setting out the blueprint to secure water supplies in water-scarce South East England.

Affinity Water has launched its £3 billion action plan to address a significant future shortfall in water resources - without action, the region the water company supplies could face a shortfall of up to 449 million litres a day by 2050.

Welsh Water has confirmed it is lifting the Temporary Use Ban (more commonly known as a hosepipe ban) that has been in place since 19 August for its customers served by Llys-y-Frân Reservoir near Haverfordwest.

An influential Parliamentary Committee has accused the Government of dereliction of duty on UK for its ongoing failure to protect critical national infrastructure (CNI) from the increasingly serious impacts of climate change.

Participants at the latest National Drought Group (NDG) meeting have set out further action needed now and over winter to mitigate the impacts of drought on water supplies, agriculture and the environment next year.

Anglian Water is carrying out innovative drone surveys around Ardleigh reservoir, Colchester, to identify difficult to find leaks and fix them - this year’s drought has presented an opportunity to spot leaks in a new way.