Ofwat has today confirmed its final decisions in its wastewater investigations against Anglian Water and South West Water - a total of £86.8 million will be paid by the companies as enforcement packages.
South West Water’s teams are continuing to work in Newquay to keep the wastewater network flowing after the success of Boardmasters festival.
Tay Street in Perth has now fully reopened to traffic following the successful completion of Scottish Water’s major £23 million ‘super sewer’ project in the heart of the city.
Severn Trent is creating a new, dedicated ‘Proactive Pollution Prevention Team’ - bringing with it a wave of new job opportunities across the Midlands.
A multi-million pound investment by Scottish Water in Edinburgh’s waste water network has been marked by a community effort to sow the seeds of what will become a large wild meadow above the site of a key project.
Northumbrian Water has named Esh Construction as its sole delivery partner for its Wastewater Networks Framework, a planned and reactive repairs and maintenance contract across the region’s wastewater network.
Scottish Water is well underway with the first wave of engineering projects in its major £500 million pound investment programme to tackle storm overflows.
Southern Water has appointed the partners who will be working on its £466 million AMP8 wastewater network services investment programme.
Northumbrian Water is constructing a new sewer pipeline as part of an £11.2 million project to upgrade its wastewater network, which will help to protect the environment.
Southern Water has awarded contracts to three companies across four new contracts to boost its wastewater network performance across the South East region.
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.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.