Scottish Water has highlighted the challenges of maintaining public water supplies to support health, hygiene and hydration during the year of the pandemic in a new performance report.

Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of its long-term investors including pension funds and insurance companies, has today announced it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Southern Water and will invest over £1 billion in new equity to recapitalise the business.

Ofwat has published its final decisions on how to address increases in bad debt in the business retail market related to COVID-19.

Anglian Water is taking the initial steps to find a partner to deliver a new water treatment works to the value of £100 million which will secure future water supplies across the East of England.

Ofwat’s £40 million innovation competition – the Water Breakthrough Challenge – launches today with the aim of sparking ambitious innovation and new ways of working in the water sector.

A University of Stirling professor has been appointed as Scotland Hydro Nation Chair – which will see him lead a £3.5 million initiative to position the country as a global leader in water research.

Following a tender process for its clean water network repair and maintenance services contracts, Yorkshire Water has announced that it will award contracts to Morrison Utility Services (MUS) and Network Plus, under its new Water Services Partnership.

In the latest stage of the PR19 appeals inquiry, iCON Infrastructure LLP has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA ) saying it is “deeply concerned” about “the highly aggressive posture adopted by Ofwat in response to the redeterminations generally, including threats of judicial review following the CMA’s Provisional Findings.”