Scottish Water is advising motorists of a series overnight road closures this week on A9 Northbound in Perth in order to safely remove trees ahead of a planned sewer upgrade.

Northumbrian Water is getting ready to start work on two projects that will enhance the sewer network and help to protect the environment on Teesside.

^{Severn Trent has started work on a new £32 million pipeline that is set to boost water supplies for customers in north Nottinghamshire.}

Thames Water is starting work this week on a £20 million upgrade on Pentonville Road in Islington to replace 1.2 miles of ageing Victorian pipes.

Uisce Éireann, working in partnership with Sligo County Council, has announced the completion of a significant upgrade to the sewer network in Rosses Point.

Severn Trent is getting ready to start work on a £16 million-plus pipeline project in Chester at the end of January.

Thames Water has gone out to tender with a major contract to put a Programme Partners Framework in place for its Strategic Resource Options projects worth an estimated £150 million – the water company has also this week separately tendered a £300 million SRO Technical Partners Framework.

Thames Water has gone out to tender with an AMP7/8 contract to put a Technical Partners Framework in place for its Strategic Resource Options Programmes worth an estimated £300 million.

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has written to Ofwat expressing its concern about the present approach to managing ageing underground assets, highlighting a “lack of consistent cross-sector understanding of the rate of likely asset deterioration over time.”

An initiative led by Yorkshire Water which could reduce leaks and burst water pipes across the country has today received £3.3 million in funding from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund.