Thames Water says families could save £180 on bills ahead of the launch of its free Smarter Home Visits initiative in Newbury, with customers set to receive a letter about the offer over the next few weeks.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has said that its half-year results announced today confirm that its strong performance over the past six months has enabled it to deliver £123 million of investment and strong levels of service to its customers in the six months to September 2015.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two loan agreements worth $126 million for financing two projects in the water and energy sectors in Jordan to support sustainable economic and social development in the country.

The European Commission has welcomed the commitment of the European Union to scaling up public funding for climate financing in the years ahead - confirmed by the Ministers of the EU Member States meeting in the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN).

For the second consecutive month, rainfall totals for October were below average across England at 82% of the long term average, according to the Environment Agency’s latest water situation report for England.

The latest extension to the Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, has been officially opened - the £34 million project to extend the port’s 9th berth by 190m was completed by VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster under a joint venture (VSBW).

Two of the most firmly established names in the water and wastewater industry have joined forces for the UK municipal sector.

NI Water has started work on a new £2million water pipeline in County Tyrone, which will improve the local water infrastructure, as well as the security of the water supply in Cookstown and the surrounding areas.

Decades’ worth of data revealing the health of seas and marine wildlife, will be made freely available for the first time, following the launch of a new ‘Data Hub’ by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas).

Yorkshire Water has signed up winter maintenance firm Ice Watch in a deal worth £500,000 to carry out gritting and snow clearing services to over 120 of its top operational sites across the region.