Ofwat has given the go-ahead to United Utilities to provide working capital through a series of loans of up to £100 million for a period of 5 years to its non-household retail activities joint venture with Severn Trent Water.

Yorkshire Water has recently signed a marine framework contract worth up to £100 million over the next five years.

Thames Water has published a progress report on its progress in adapting to the current and future predicted effects of climate change on their organisation- the report was invited by Defra under the adaptation reporting power  in the Climate Change Act 2008.

Leading civil engineers, environmental scientists, water experts, water companies and architects have appealed to the House  Lords to ensure the incoming housing law protects new and existing homes from flooding.

Infosys has today announced it has been selected by Welsh Water to manage substantial elements of its IT estate in a transformative deal lasting up to 10 years, one of the largest IT deals in the UK water utility sector.

Eighteen months after its completion, the 2014 Worsfold Review of the Government’s Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) programme has finally been published following an intervention by the Environmental Audit Committee to get the Review into the public domain.

Ofwat has set out its five year business plan for 2016-17 to 2020-21 which the regulator said may change significantly from year to year, as circumstances change and its priorities evolve.