Anglian Water has recently finished work building additional storm water storage and upgrading phosphorous technology at its water recycling centre (WRC) in Hollowell, in line with new Environment Agency regulations.
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is calling for a national pilot scheme to be established in the UK by 2025, to make treatment wetlands the default option for meeting new nutrient neutrality targets and to establish and develop an effective market in nutrient trading and offsetting by creating a nutrient offsetting code.
Newly-built wetlands next to Somerset's Durleigh Reservoir are delivering significant biodiversity and water quality improvements as Wessex Water continues its drive to find nature-based solutions to tackle environmental challenges.
A new sustainable fertiliser product being developed by Aqua Enviro scientists could improve catchment management of phosphorus and help water companies meet EU environmental legislation. It could also provide them with a potential new revenue-generating business opportunity.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”