Anglian Water is inviting communities across Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to have their say on plans for a new strategic 49km pipeline from Cambridge to Rede.

Anglian Water has been given planning permission for a 70km section of a multi-million-pound water main grid for the east of England  - the largest drinking water project the UK has seen for a generation and one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe.

Anglian Water has reached the halfway point on the first section of a new major pipeline route between Lincoln and Ancaster – part of a half-billion-pound investment into hundreds of kilometres of new interconnecting pipelines to prevent water scarcity.

Anglian Water has broken ground this week on the largest drinking water grid project the UK has seen for a generation.

In an Expert Focus article for Waterbriefing, Richard Leighton, Chief Engineer at Atkins, explores how to strengthen water resilience in the UK and how to overcome a number of engineering and chemical challenges.

Wessex Water will work start next year on building an underground storage tank at Martin’s Down to ensure west Dorset has a secure supply of water for future years.

Wessex Water will shortly start work on two studies to monitor watercourses in the Dorset area. The work is being carried out to understand the effect of current abstraction and how this may change following the construction of a new water supply grid.