Ofwat is calling for the water companies to do more work to help vulnerable customers, including a shift in emphasis away from “vulnerable customers’ to customers in circumstances which make them vulnerable and may be transient.

Members of the GMB Union at United Utilities will take strike action for 27 hours next week from 5 am on Friday 19th to 8am Saturday 20th February in a long running dispute over its pension scheme.

The deadline is approaching for submissions to the Call for Evidence under the National Flood Resilience Review launched by the government following Storm Desmond last December.

New Carbon Trust research has revealed that only a quarter (25%) of public sector organisations surveyed have plans in place to adapt services and operations to the impacts of climate change, such as more frequent flooding or higher temperatures.

Concern has been expressed that the tidal lagoon review announced today by the Government could delay progress for months on the proposed £1 billion renewable energy lagoon in Swansea Bay.

The UK Government is launching a review to establish whether tidal lagoons “present value for money.”

South West Water is targeting synergies of £27 million over AMP6 from the integration of Bournemouth Water, according to the latest trading update issued this morning by owners Pennon Group ahead of its full year results for the year ended 31 March 2016.

Bristol Water is due to start work on its £27 million Southern Resilience Scheme in late summer 2016 – the scheme is due for completion by March 2018.