Anita Payne, currently Director, Insight and Impact at Ofwat, has been announced as the new Executive Director of the Water Industry Forum (WIF), the independent and neutral thought leadership forum of British Water.

South East Water has launched the UK water sector's first 25 Year Environment Plan which puts people and planet first – known as H25.

United Utilities says it is continuing to make good progress to return Fleetwood wastewater treatment works to full operation after a pipe which carries cleaned and treated water 5km out to sea fractured within the grounds of the plant.

Scottish Water has seen customer demand increase by 20% during the dry weather - as a result, the amount of water the water company has put into the network has had to be increased by 150 million litres per day in the past two weeks.

Scottish Water has reached a major milestone multi-million-pound project to upgrade an important sewage pipeline serving an Ayrshire beauty spot – a new temporary overland pipe has been put in place for the start of the bathing season.

Southern Water is warning customers to use water wisely as demand for water in Kent soars - outstripping supply.

Anglian Water and Affinity Water are among the latest water companies who are calling on their customers to use water wisely and reuse wherever possible as the hot, dry weather continues.