NI Water has updated Belfast City Council representatives on the current state of wastewater infrastructure in the city, highlighting the impact of long-term underinvestment on the ability to build new homes and jobs as well as contributing to a growing problem in Belfast Lough.

Households and businesses supplied by South East Water continue to be without water or suffer water supply interruptions – a range of areas continue to be affected according to the latest updates published on the water company’s AquAlerter map pages on its website.

Steve Morris, Managing Director of HUBER Technology UK, takes a look at how the first year of AMP8 has panned out, some of the issues that are driving the water sector and where it might be heading for in 2026

In a report published today, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is warning that shortfalls in Environment Agency funding are responsible for the deteriorating state of England’s flood defences.

A new report says water reform must be a priority for the next government and that it should commission a comprehensive, independent review of water management, to report within its first twelve months.

New Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has written to water company Chief Executives calling on them to go “further and faster” to secure a measurable reduction in sewage spills in the next 12 months and asking them to respond with written plans by 19th December.

The National Audit Office is warning that 200,000 properties are at increased flood risk due toEnvironment Agency defence assets being below required condition - and the EA has cut its forecast for the number of additional properties that will be better protected from flooding by 40% since plans were first unveiled in 2020.

Northumbrian Water has announced a £2.7 million maintenance and safety project at a County Durham reservoir which is set to start this summer.

Southern Water has published the findings of its internal investigation carried out into the cause of the loss of supply that occurred from Otterbourne Surface Water Treatment Works in February 2023.

Asset health and resilience are high on the agenda in the 2024 Price Review process and beyond. For a supply chain take on the issues, HUBER Technology’s International Sales Manager Andreas Heim, Safe Access Solutions explores the reasons why the technology specialist is seeing a growing level of interest and uptake of its stainless steel doors in water and wastewater applications.