Scottish Water has unveiled plans for a £1.7 million project to help prevent rags, wet wipes and other sewer related debris from entering an Edinburgh watercourse.

 Yorkshire Water is investing £2 million to reduce storm overflows into the river Dearne near Barugh Green, Barnsley.

Anglian Water is set to invest more than £500,000 in the Hunstanton area to protect the local environment, prevent flooding, and improve the health of beaches and bathing waters.

United Utilities is investing £15 million to improve the water quality on a stretch of the River Roch.

All WaSCs (water & sewage companies) are under increasing scrutiny relating to unauthorised discharges to watercourses. The task they now face is an eye watering number of stormwater overflows that need addressing in the coming years.