Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has awarded a contract for distribution zonal studies and hydraulic modelling support worth an estimated £5 million.

United Utilities has awarded a number of framework contracts for network and telephony services with an estimated total value of £42.56 million.

Scottish Water has awarded  a number of contracts for technical consultancy support worth an estimated  £110 million-plus.

Affinity Water is due to  start work shortly on a new £2.5 million extension to a storage reservoir at Paddlesworth near Hawkinge.

The House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee will take evidence from Flood Re and the insurance industry on the affordability and availability of insurance for customers in flood risk areas and the impact of the government-backed Flood Re reinsurance scheme as part of its future flood prevention inquiry.

With just two weeks to go before the UK EU referendum, a final poll by the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) shows 86% believe that voters have insufficient information to be able to take environment and sustainability issues into account when they cast their vote. 

A flood alleviation project which doubles up as a wildlife haven in Ketley, Shropshire, was recently named a sustainability champion at the 2016 Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) West Midlands Awards.

Wastewater treatment and services experts Jacopa have installed new rotating biological contactors (RBCs) and other equipment to ensure the village of Gulladuff, Northern Ireland, enjoys excellent wastewater treatment.

Wessex Water is inviting local communities to participate in the Bristol Avon WaterBlitz, a campaign to collect water quality samples from across the Bristol Avon catchment as part of the Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership.

A helicopter was deployed to bring a new piece of mixing equipment – the first of its type in the South East – to the middle of one of Southern Water’s reservoirs.