Water quality in two County Durham watercourses will benefit from a partnership project, led by the Wear Rivers Trust and supported by Northumbrian Water’s Bluespaces programme.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has this morning announced a follow-up evidence session on water quality and water infrastructure, taking place on Wednesday 15th May 2024.

A massive upgrade of Southern Water’s Horsham Wastewater Treatment Works in West Sussex is entering its final year, in an effort to improve the site’s processes and capacity.

Yorkshire Water is investing a total of £8.9 million across its Ingbirchworth and Hoylandswaine wastewater treatment sites in South Yorkshire to improve water quality in both the river Don, and Banks Bottom Dike.

The government has announced a new plan to better protect and preserve the River Wye for future generations, including up to £35 million in funding and the appointment of a new ‘River Champion’ and taskforce.

Anglian Water’s @one Alliance are working across the county upgrading various water recycling centres (WRC), installing new equipment which will remove phosphorous from wastewater which will improve the river water quality within Lincolnshire.

Wessex Water has set out plans to invest £7 million-plus to expand its Halstock Water Recycling Centre - the multi-million-pound investment will help to further protect the environment in the rural north-west corner of Dorset.

Yorkshire Water is investing £2.7 million in its Kirkby Malzeard wastewater treatment works to improve water quality in Kex beck, which eventually joins the river Laver near Ripon.

Severn Trent is set to start work in Ludlow next month to move a stretch of the River Teme towards bathing quality in a groundbreaking river health project.

Yorkshire Water is planning to invest £500,000 in Bainbridge, North Yorkshire to reduce the number of discharges into the river Bain, a tributary of the river Ure as part of a £180 million investment project across Yorkshire.