South West Water’s investment in cutting-edge, real-time monitoring technology is transforming how storm overflows are managed - reducing spills, enabling faster responses, and protecting the environment.

Scottish Water is well underway with the first wave of engineering projects in its major £500 million pound investment programme to tackle storm overflows.

Thames Water has gone out to tender with a major AMP8 contract for the supply, repair, installation and maintenance of sewer depth and Event Duration Monitors worth an estimated £60.24 million (inc VAT).

South West Water is in the process of investigating the cause of the high spill numbers during 2024 from its Salcombe Regis storm overflow.

A giant countdown clock is on display in Southern Water’s Operational Control Centre – ticking down the days until the start of the Environment Agency’s bathing water season.

Following yesterday’s publication by the Environment Agency of data on water companies' spills from storm overflows in 2024, Yorkshire Water has reported that the company reduced the number of discharges from storm overflows to the region’s watercourses by 12% in 2024 – a reduction of 9,595 discharges.

United Utilities says its multi-million-pound investment plan to reduce spills from storm overflows is moving at pace across the North West.

South West Water has published an update on its storm overflow performance following the publication yesterday by the Environment Agency of water company Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) Annual Return data for 2024 showing the frequency and duration of spills from storm overflows in England.

The Environment Agency has today published water company Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) Annual Return data for 2024 showing the frequency and duration of spills from storm overflows in England - total duration of monitored spill events in 2024 reached a record 3,614,428 hours.

United Utilities’ ambitious £200 million investment plan to reduce spills across Windermere from storm overflows is moving at pace.