The King's Lynn Internal Drainage Board, on behalf of the Water Management Alliance (WMA ), an unincorporated consortium of Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs), has awarded a contract for the Upper Thurne Construction Works - Package 2 with an estimated value of £11.359 million including VAT.

Severn Trent Water is seeking supply chain input ahead of going out to tender with an AMP8 contract for Computer Aided Digital Design and Authoring Software - the preliminary market engagement is intended to understand market capability across digital design and authoring disciplines.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated a new method to break down toxic pollutants in wastewater, using sunlight and molecular-thin catalysts created using an innovative ‘mechanical’ approach -  with confidence that the method could be used to produce photocatalysts at an industrial scale.

The Environment Agency has updated its Water resources planning guidance and Environmental Destination for Water Resources planning guidance following a consultation which ran from 13 October 2025 to 5 December 2025.

South West Water has completed targeted improvements to the wastewater network in Croyde as part of its ongoing work to reduce storm overflows - the water company is now currently in the design process for two new projects to.strengthen the system in the area.  

More than 10,000 trees have been planted on land close to Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir in Lancashire - the third tree planting scheme United Utilities has delivered in Lancashire this tree planting season.

Yorkshire Water and River Holme Connections are working together on a pilot scheme to relaunch the national Yellow Fish scheme to the region, in a bid to reduce pollution of rivers, streams, canals, and lakes.