South East Water has carried out another stage in its £4.3 million upgrade of a Kent treatment works near Pembury which supplies 34,000 customers in the Pembury and Tunbridge Wells area.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has launched a new consultation on a proposal to vary the appointments of SSE Water, Bristol Water and Wessex Water as water and sewerage companies.

Around 40 sites owned by South West Water which are no longer needed by the company, including parcels of woodland, redundant water storage tanks, a reservoir and even a former water treatment works are being sold at public auction next month.

Wessex Water is working in partnership with the Met Office to improve the way it prepares for adverse weather conditions.

Scottish Water has had to supply bottled water to the inhabitants of an island in Scotland after problems with the sub-sea pipeline which supplies them with fresh water.

Southern Water is continuing to invest in its East Worthing Treatment Works via its ongoing programme of almost £20 million of improvements at the site.

Severn Trent Water has started work today on a major £2 million water network upgrade investment to help make water supplies in the Bilston area more reliable.

IUCN has teamed up with a coalition of leading marine conservation organisations to urge the British Government to safeguard the maritime zones of the UK’s overseas territories by creating three of the largest marine protected areas (MPAs) in the world.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has agreed to invest $35 million in China Everbright Water Limited, one of China’s emerging wastewater treatment companies, to support the company’s expansion, helping save freshwater and reduce pollution in China.