Uisce Éireann is progressing work on its National Leakage Reduction Programme – Ireland’s water company has invested €2 billion to date to upgrade the underground water network and is set invest a further €1 billion-plus in further investment up to the end of 2029.

At a time when graduate opportunities are becoming harder to find, Anglian Water and its Alliances, the @one Alliance and Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA), are going in the opposite direction, launching their biggest-ever graduate programme.

South West Water has repaired more than 26,700 leaks across Devon and Cornwall over the last 12 months – the equivalent of 73 leaks a day - as part of its ongoing work to tackle leakage and improve network resilience across the region.

Several communities across West Sussex, East Sussex and Surrey are to become a hive of activity as Southern Water looks to reduce storm overflows.

Scottish Water has expanded its renewable energy generation at Blairlinnans Water Treatment Works near Balloch, with hundreds of additional solar panels now helping power the site and cut carbon emissions.

The Mining Remediation Authority has launched an early market engagement exercise seeking supply chain interest in the upcoming procurement of the Wemyss Metal Mine Works scheme.

UN General Assembly High-level Week 2026 is bringing world leaders together in New York from 18 to 28 September, as the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly seeks to revitalize global cooperation and give a critical push to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).