Moody's Investors Service has announced that it has downgraded to Baa1 from A3 the backed senior unsecured debt ratings of Wessex Water Services Finance Plc. The outlook is stable.

Northumbrian Water, CGI and the Water Hub are offering inventors and creators up to £25,000 to help them turn an idea which will both protect the environment and improve rural internet connectivity, into a reality.

Affinity Water is ruling out the prospect of a Spring hosepipe ban - its groundwater levels are continuing to recover as a result of heavy rain.

The Highland Council has gone out to tender with a contract for flood prevention works worth an estimated £8.7 million in total.

A new report by the Economist Intelliegence Unit is warning that by 2050 climate change could be costing the world economy as much as US$7.9 trillion as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper growth and threaten infrastructure. 

South East Water has become the first water company to sponsor the Women's Utilities Network (WUN), an organisation dedicated to encouraging greater industry diversity and better careers progression for women in the utilities sector.

Starting on Wednesday 6 November, 30,000 invitation letters will be landing on doormats across the UK – including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – inviting people to join Climate Assembly UK.