United Utilities has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract to put a Sewer Flooding Mitigation Framework Agreement in place with a total estimated value of £24.936 million including VAT.
Ofwat has launched a consultation seeking views on its proposed new approach to the methodolgy used by the water companies for reporting leakage.
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council has gone out to tender on behalf of itself and Torfaen County Borough Council with a contract for coal spoil tips maintenance services with an estimated value of £36 million including VAT.
Thames Water has terminated the current procurement process for the Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) Tunnelling Main Works Contract (MWC), announcing that the decision not to sign a contract was taken on 6 July 2026.
The independent Scottish Drinking Water Quality Regulator (DWQR) has published its annual report on public water supplies in Scotland for 2025 – reporting that drinking water quality in Scotland remains amongst the best in the world.
Anglian Water is investing £15.7 million to install two new sewer pipes along a 7.4km route around Huntingdon – the work started in June and is expected to finish by the end of 2027.
Devon County Council has awarded a contract for the Exeter- Northbrook surface water alleviation scheme with an estimated value of c £207,000 including VAT.
Transport for London has appointed Thames Water to conduct water utility studies (Tranche One) for the proposed extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) to Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead – the contract has an estimated value of c around one million pounds including VAT.
The Environment Agency has published a major update to the MCERTS flowmeter scheme for water flow monitoring equipment – the scheme has been substantially revised.
A mobile plant-based approach to wastewater treatment which can be targeted at specific sites as required is being trialled by Scottish Water for the first time - the mobile reed beds can be easily moved between sites as needed.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.