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.

Pennon Group Plc, owners of South West Water, has today issued an upbeat interim trading statement saying that financial performance since 1 October 2009 has been in line with management expectations.

Thames Water is carrying out a £200million upgrade at Crossness Sewage Treatment Works in east London.

Bristol Water has announced that it cannot accept the regulator Ofwat’s determination of price limits between 2010-2015. The Company says that it has no alternative but to ask for the issue to be referred to the Competition Commission for review.

Thames Water is aiming to recruit nearly 200 people to work at its new operations nerve centre in Reading's Green Park.