United Utilities is nearing completion of a major £29 million upgrade at Leyland Wastewater Treatment Works. The three-year project which began in 2022 will play an important role in improving water quality in the River Lostock.

Yorkshire Water has completed a £4.2 million project at the Shaw Mills wastewater treatment works near Harrogate, which will improve water quality in Thornley Beck and the river Nidd.

United Utilities has announced plans to improve water quality in the Micker Brook which runs through Bramhall in Stockport.

Northumbrian Water is investing £840,000 in an environmental protection scheme in Bishop Auckland by reducing spills from the sewer network.

Untreated sewage discharges and unpermitted outfalls have caused dangerously high levels of bacteria to be found at multiple sites across a nine-mile stretch of the River Roding, London’s third longest river, a new study by environmental charity Thames21 and The River Roding Trust has found.

United Utilities has invested £20 million upgrading the wastewater treatment works in Congleton, improving the quality of water returning to the River Dane, protecting wildlife and reducing its overall environmental impact.

The Environment Agency has published a new partnership river action plan for the River Ching, an urban watercourse that flows from Essex to north London.

Work has started to install a storm water storage tank in a Northumberland sewage treatment works to help to protect and improve water quality in the River North Tyne.

In partnership with South East Rivers Trust, South East Water has announced the successful completion of a river restoration project on the Maidenhead Ditch in Berkshire.

Water UK, the body which represents all the UK water companies, has launched an interactive map showing the operation of every single storm overflow in England.