Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has officially opened its pioneering £13 million reedbed and wetland storm overflow at Pont-y-felin in Torfaen – the first project of its kind in the UK.

Anglian Water is warning that significantly more autumn and winter rainfall is needed to replenish water resources - despite some of the wetter weather this autumn, water resources are still much lower than expected at this time of year.

NI Water has gone out to tender with a contract for M and E services for a maintenance, repair, replacement equipment, spare parts and associated support service for the full range of manufacturer's high voltage and associated low voltage equipment currently within NI Water's asset base.

Portsmouth Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract to improve its telephony and resilience capability with an estimated value of £3 million (inc VAT).

Severn Trent Water has launched a preliminary market engagement exercise for the provision of archaeological surveys services to support capital schemes, including desktop and field work.

The Environment Agency has issued a further six drought permits to Yorkshire Water to allow the company to conserve more water in reservoirs to secure public drinking water supplies, in addition to 37 permits which are already in place.

Kier has secured two additional early contractor involvement (ECI) contracts from Southern Water covering 11 clean and wastewater sites under its AMP8 Strategic Delivery Partner Framework - the combined value of the contracts is £28.8 million.