For more than three hours an Anglian Water sewage treatment works discharged sewage into the River Wid in Essex killing hundreds of fish and hundreds of invertebrates, a court heard last Friday.

A harmful invasive plant which has been problematic at a London wetland centre for more than a decade has finally been eradicated by the Environment Agency and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) - a rare success in the ongoing fight to contain the plant's spread.

Waterworks Europe, the European market leader of water supply valves and fittings has been sold by its parent company, Tyco International to private equity firm Triton.

Business leaders from global corporations have committed to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions across a wide range of sectors, including energy, communications, building and construction.

Around £9.8 million is to be spent on further improvements to sewer overflows and the building of two tanks in Penwortham, Preston, a planning application submitted to Lancashire County Council by United Utilities has revealed.

The final part of a multi-million pound flood alleviation project for Carlisle is finished and ready for action.

Thames Water, Britain's largest water and wastewater company, has become the first British utility to be re-accredited with the Carbon Trust Standard.