The Court of Appeal has reduced a fine imposed on Thames Water for spilling sodium hypochlorite into the River Wandle in September 2007 during cleaning at Beddington sewage plant  which killed 7,000 fish.

Welsh Water is to undertake the biggest re-structuring of the company since it was bought by Glas Cymru and became a “not-for-profit” company - to meet the toughest efficiency targets the company has ever faced. 300 jobs will go over the next five years.

Design and engineering consultancy group WS Atkins plc has published a confident Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 October 2009 to date.

A Surrey demolition firm which went to extraordinary lengths to avoid paying six years’ worth of water and sewage charges – even changing its name twice - has now gone into liquidation, snubbing a County Court judgement to pay up.

United Utilities is planning an £8 million clean-up programme for the River Tame. The water company has met with local councillors and members of the public to outline plans to upgrade the sewer network around Stalybridge.

The Environment Agency today announced how it will use £99.6m central Government funding to reduce the risk of flooding across the Thames region for the year to March 2011.

Defra has launched a new payment scheme for hill farmers who protect and look after England’s iconic uplands.

United Utilities is getting two major £400,000 flood defence projects under way. Both projects - valued at £600K and £400K respectively - are intended to prevent homes flooding with sewage during heavy rain.