The Environment Agency is taking action to protect water supplies and wildlife in the Midlands as dry weather continues to place pressure on river levels.
Southern Water will shortly begin an ambitious programme of work to tackle storm overflows at key locations across the Isle of Wight.
The National Drought Group is stepping up its response after the third heatwave as parts of southern, central, and eastern England move closer to drought status.
Following the driest spring in years, three official heatwaves, record temperatures and sustained high demand, Thames Water is introducing a Temporary Use Ban (TUB), also known as a hosepipe ban, for all customers it supplies with drinking water.
United Utilities has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for the supply, delivery and installation of water municipal screens, spares and associated equipment with an estimated total value of £80.6 million including VAT.
Scottish Water has awarded two major strategic contracts to BT Business and Accenture – BT Business has been awarded the contract for Networks and Security Services and Accenture has been appointed to deliver Applications Management Services.
Thames Water has gone out to tender with a major AMP8 framework for sewer rehabilitation including CCTV and cleaning with a total estimated value of c £228 million including VAT.
Independent analysis by Public First, commissioned by Water UK, finds that England will only have enough water for 420,000 of the Government's target of 1.5 million homes it has pledged to deliver this Parliament.
The Environment Agency has confirmed that more areas in England now in Prolonged Dry Weather status - all of East Anglia, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire have now moved to this status, following continued dry conditions.
South East Water is introducing temporary restrictions on the use of hosepipes introduced across South East Water's supply areas in Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire; customers in the company’s Kent supply area are already subject to temporary hosepipe restrictions.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.