The London Fire Brigade has been tackling a major flooding incident following a burst water main in Islington at 10pm last night.
Southern Water has finally managed to restore water supply to more than 25,000 properties in St Leonards and Hastings who have been without water since Thursday evening when a water main burst.
South East Water is investing £400,000 into the water supply network to replace a water pipe in Benenden which has burst 14 times in the last five years.
South East Water is set to invest more than £2 million to improve the water network between Hale and Aldershot.
Thames Water has commenced the final stages of its project to future-proof water pipes across North East London. The multi-million-pound upgrade, which includes three large trunk mains, will build resilience across the local area and keep taps flowing for customers.
Uisce Éireann is progressing work on a new pipeline for West Cork – the project to construct 13.5km of new watermains from Bandon to Clonakilty to support growth and development is now over the halfway mark.
Scottish Water has completed repairs to a major burst on a 163 year old water main in Glasgow which saw around 100,000 homes across Glasgow left without water on Tuesday night.
Irish Water has started work on a major €35 million water main project to secure drinking water supply for Dublin.
Scottish Water completed the construction of a new £24 million strategic water main.which will see security of supply improved for 85,000 people in North Ayrshire.
Engineering firm Costain has won a significant contract to build a new duplicate raw water main for Northumbrian Water from an existing intake point at Ovingham on the River Tyne, west of Newcastle, to Horsley treatment works.
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.