Severn Trent is asking customers to help reduce water use after experiencing the highest single day of demand for water ever recorded across its region on 11 July, beating the previous record from the drought in 2022 and the Covid pandemic.

Northumbrian Water is getting ready to start work on a £6.9 million AMP8 project at County Durham’s Selset Reservoir. The investment will add long-term resilience to the site’s ability to support water treatment for customers in Teesdale and beyond.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has warned that it is likely to introduce a ‘hosepipe ban’ this weekend across Mid and South Ceredigion, together with parts of North Pembrokeshire and North Carmarthenshire, unless exceptionally high water demand reduces over the coming days.

Thames Water has returned to profit and secured sufficient funding through to Q4 2026, according to its Annual Results for the year to 31 March 2026 - Chief Executive Officer Chris Weston has described the company as “a very different business from what it was two years ago.

Anglian Water Group and Anglian Water Services have announced that Dr Ros Rivaz has stepped down as Chair of both Boards following a planned and orderly transition.

Yorkshire Water is set to begin a £1.6 million investment in Notton to reduce sewage discharges into Owler Beck, a tributary of the river Calder.

Cambridge Water has announced a temporary hosepipe ban to help protect local water resources and the region’s internationally important chalk streams.