Ofwat has gone out to tender with a contract for an Independent Monitor (IM) to provide independent monitoring, analysis and reporting in relation to Thames Water's turnaround programme, financial resilience and compliance with an estimated value of £15.6 million including VAT.

Northern Ireland Water has launched a general market engagement exercise to identify and engage with suppliers who can deliver concrete repairs and cementitious coatings at four of its water treatment works based across Northern Ireland.

The Scottish Government has launched a new £15 million fund has been launched to improve the resilience of communities across Scotland most at risk from flooding.

Severn Trent has awarded nine contracts for its AMP8 Innovation Strategic Partnerships Framework with an estimated value of £24 million including VAT.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) yesterday confirmed that it is extending its drought declaration across the whole of Wales - with very little rainfall and sustained high temperatures over the last week, conditions across Wales’ natural environment have continued to deteriorate.

The Irish Government has approved the mechanism to provide a €2 billion capital funding package for Uisce Éireann to expand water and wastewater infrastructure capacity and support the delivery of 300,000 new homes by 2030.

Yorkshire Water has begun work on projects in the villages of Hebden and Malham in North Yorkshire to reduce the number and frequency of discharges from the sewer network into the River Wharfe and River Aire, respectively.