Affinity Water will be improving its capacity to store water in a series of projects, starting with constructing a new service reservoir near the village of Preston, Hertfordshire.

Wessex Water has been fined £280,000 plus a £190 victim surcharge at Swindon Magistrates court after pleading guilty to an offence under section 70 of the Water Industry Act 1991 for the supply of water unfit for human consumption. 

Uisce Éireann, working in partnership with Sligo County Council, is decommissioning approximately 2km of old watermains in Rosses Point to provide a safer and more secure water supply for customers in the area.

Every Welsh Water customer will receive £10 rebate after an internal review of its leakage and per capita consumption (i.e. the amount of water used per customer) reporting concluded that elements of its calculations for these key measures for the years 2020-2022 did not comply with regulatory requirements.

Anglian Water’s upgraded metering programme is forecast to save the environment seven million litres of water between 2020 to 2025 by helping spot and resolve leaks in customers’ homes and even more by encouraging behaviour change in how people use water.

Thanks to a £1.7 million project jointly funded by Southern Water and the Department for Education, more than 40 schools across Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have had sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) installed.

NI Water has welcomed the outcome of a successful prosecution against a developer following damage to its infrastructure.