Highly trained leakage detection dogs are helping Portsmouth Water to find hidden leaks - this includes its newest four-legged recruit, Kilo, who on just his second day on the job successfully identified a leak on a major 18-inch trunk main near Chichester.

The reformed Market Performance Framework will go live on Monday 1 December, following Ofwat’s approval of the related MPF code change proposals.

Affinity Water is helping Watford Football Club reduce water use and boost sustainability across its Vicarage Road Stadium, through a series of on-site surveys, device installations and sharing guidance with its staff designed to cut waste and improve efficiency.

Northumbrian Water is investing £26.9 millionin enhancements to three of its sites to protect the River Wear, with more than £40 million of environmental work to follow nearby.

Thames Water has lifted its Temporary Use Ban (hosepipe ban), as of 07.00 Thursday 27 November 2025, for customers in the OX, GL, SN, RG4, RG8, and RG9 postcode areas, following above-average rainfall and strong customer support in conserving water.

Every person in the UK relies on around 5.8 tonnes of mineral products every year – enough to fill a large skip – according to the new Profile of the UK Mineral Products Industry – 2025 Edition, published by the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

The Mineral Products Association is warning that demand for construction materials is stuck at crisis levels - new data shows that sales of heavy-side construction materials in Britain remain at ‘crisis levels’ with businesses in peril, jobs at risk and little sign of recovery.

Thames Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for sludge inspection services worth an estimated £1.2 million (inc VAT).