Northern Ireland Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has launched a public consultation on Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in new housing developments.

Councillors from Kirklees Council and Denby Dale Parish Council recently visited Yorkshire Water’s Clayton West wastewater treatment site in West Yorkshire to see progress on a £14 million nature-based wetland solution.

The £600 million Ofwat Innovation Fund has published its latest learning report, From source to sea: harnessing nature and communities for whole catchment innovation.

The registration process has now opened to apply for tickets for Northumbrian Water’s Innovation Festival in which takes pace at Newcastle Racecourse between 7th-10th July 2025.

Yorkshire Water has installed 232 free sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) into schools across the county to help prevent storm water discharges to watercourses by slowing the flow of rain entering the sewer network.

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water have called for less concrete and chemicals to be used in the drive to improve river water quality, with more emphasis on the use of schemes that use nature to do the work.

A new report commissioned by RSA Insurance, an Intact company, and The Wildlife Trusts shows that every £1 invested in natural flood management (NFM) is expected to deliver £10 of benefits over 30 years.

South West Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for water catchment management framework with an estimated value of £10 million.

Ryan Pearson, Head of Strategy at Metasphere, says a data-driven approach coupled with greater use of nature-based solutions offers a promising path for UK water – and warns a business-as-usual approach in AMP8 risks under-delivering, exceeding budgets and jeopardising confidence for AMP9.

The House of Commons  Environmental Audit Committee is holding a live evidence session this afternoon from 2.30pm onwards to examine whether flood resilience efforts in England are fit for purpose.