Great Yorkshire Rivers partners have come together to celebrate progress made in tackling artificial barriers to improve fish passage in the county’s rivers and lay out ambitious plans for the years ahead.

Severn Trent has awarded a major £45 million AMP8 contract to deliver critical infrastructure upgrades at its Rugby Newbold Sewage Treatment Works to infrastructure solutions company Costain.

Portsmouth Water has awarded an AMP8 contract to carry out 8 different investigations during AMP8 to assess the potential effects of current and future predictions abstractions and develop catchment management options.

Ofwat has today announced that it is opening an enforcement case into Thames Water to investigate whether its delayed delivery of environmental improvement schemes has meant that the company has breached its obligations.

The Environment Agency working closely with Natural England has secured the largest ever commitment from water companies to clean up the environment and invest in new infrastructure since privatisation.

Severn Trent’s is progressing work in Nottinghamshire as part of its accelerated £450 million region-wide programme of investment, where once complete, spills from active storm overflows will reduce by 20% a year.

Water quality in two County Durham watercourses will benefit from a partnership project, led by the Wear Rivers Trust and supported by Northumbrian Water’s Bluespaces programme.

Yorkshire Water is investing a total of £8.9 million across its Ingbirchworth and Hoylandswaine wastewater treatment sites in South Yorkshire to improve water quality in both the river Don, and Banks Bottom Dike.

River water quality in County Durham is set to benefit from a £4.3 million investment in wastewater treatment.

Yorkshire Water has awarded an £11 million bundle of Phosphorous-removal (P-removal) works to the BarhaleEnpure Joint Venture at five sites around Barnsley, South Yorkshire.