United Utilities has launched a market engagement exercise to engage with interested suppliers ahead of going out to tender with a £30 million (inc VAT) AMP8 contract for the supply, delivery, commissioning of screens and associated equipment.

Households and businesses supplied by South East Water continue to be without water or suffer water supply interruptions – a range of areas continue to be affected according to the latest updates published on the water company’s AquAlerter map pages on its website.

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has confirmed that it has identified possible failures by Defra and the Environment Agency (EA) to comply with the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Regulations, one of the key laws in place to protect and improve the quality of our rivers, lakes and seas.

Anglian Water has awarded the technical contract to develop its two upcoming desalination plants, in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, to the TYPSA-Stantec with an estimated value of £29 million.

Thousands of homes in the South East Water region have been left without water and Kent County Council has declared a major incident following the loss of water supply. South East Water’s initial annoucement on Saturday 10th Jan 2026 at 11:08 a.m. said that “regrettably”, customers in East Grinstead and the surrounding areas would begin to experience no water, intermittent supply or low pressure.