Ofwat has launched consultations into the regulatory issues arising from the changes of ownership of Southern Water Services Limited and of South Staffordshire Water plc.

According to a report on the BBC news website last night, the Environment Agency has told Thames Water to revise "substantial parts" of its plans for a new reservoir in Oxfordshire.

Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has awarded a £50million water and sewerage networks service contract to Meridian Utilities Ltd.

Ray O’Rourke, chairman of Laing O’Rourke, has predicted a minimum of 25 per cent growth on group revenue and a minimum 25 per cent growth of profit before tax.

Thames  Water  Utilities  Limited, the UK's largest  water and sewerage company, today announced  it was bringing forward a reduction in employee numbers of up to 300 as part of a restructuring programme, and in response to the current economic downturn.

MITIE Group PLC,  the strategic outsourcing and asset management company, has just reported continung “good growth” in the second half of the year in its latest trading performance update.

Mott MacDonald Bentley has been appointed as a select tender list contractor for sewerage projects in AMP5, enabling the company to bid for non-core sewerage projects over the same period.

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Environment Agency (EA) to provide flood risk modelling and mapping for Barnstaple in Devon, UK.

Thames Water has published its  first 25-year Strategic Direction Statement Taking Care of Water – Our plan for a sustainable future.

United Utilities latest financial results for the year ending 31 March 2009 show underlying pretax profit up 12% at £532M, with underlying operating profit up by 10% to £742M and a revenue increase of 3% to £2.435bn.