Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has put out a £40 million tender for its minor civil engineering works framework.

The European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA) have published new updated information on releases and transfers from industrial installations reporting to the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR).

Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales, has published a new Policy paper setting out its approach to impact assessments.

One of Europe's largest paper recyclers, St Regis Paper Company Ltd, was ordered by a court last week to pay nearly £500,000 after committing environmental breaches - including misleading the Environment Agency.

Thames Water has started up its desalination plant at Beckton in East London.

Half a million pounds is being spent on the modernisation of two County Durham water pumping stations.

Wessex Water has started work on a £26m scheme to improve water quality at Weston-super-Mare.

Yorkshire Water is making headway in giving Victorian sewers in its network a 21st century makeover as part of its ongoing investment to protect the local environment by further reducing the risk of sewer flooding in the region.

More local authorities are being urged by Regional and Local Transport Minister Norman Baker to consider the use of permit schemes that help to reduce the disruption caused by road works.