Irish Water, Ireland’s national water utility responsible for providing and developing water and wastewater services throughout Ireland, has started construction on a new €9 million wastewater treatment plant in Belmullet, Co. Mayo.

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has gone out to tender with a contract for sludge disposal services worth an estimated £3 million.

Both the water sector and the regulator are facing "a challenging few years" with the opening of the retail market for business customers by April 2017, the 2019 price review, introducing new markets for sludge and water resources and potentially preparing for legislation and the introduction of a residential retail market in England, according to Ofwat's annual report and accounts for 2015/16.

South West Water has completed work on a £1.5 million flood alleviation scheme for Salcombe.

Wave Energy Scotland is seeking business projects that look at ways of building wave energy converters with alternative materials that could significantly reduce the overall cost of producing energy from waves.

Repeated raw sewage leaks have cost Severn Trent Water £460,000-plus in court - on 21 July 2016, at Nottingham Crown Courtthe company was fined £426,000, ordered to pay Environment Agency costs of £38,642.60 as well as a victim surcharge of £120.

Morrison Utility Services, the leading provider of utility infrastructure services in the United Kingdom, has today announced an agreement to be acquired by First Reserve, a leading global private equity and infrastructure investment firm exclusively focused on energy, including utilities. 

The Australian Water Association in partnership with Arup has launched the Australian Water Survey to investigate and compare attitudes to water use and security among water industry professionals and the Australian community.

A new joint venture between global asset management consultancy, Amey, and world leading drone technology experts, VTOL Technologies, will use precision, long-range drones to transform asset management inspections – making it safer, quicker and easier to assess vital infrastructure such as bridges and railways.