Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) has written to Scottish Water and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to welcome their commitment to work together to develop a new analytical tool to identify instances where storm overflows in Scotland may be spilling in dry weather.

The Government has announced confirmation of a second new national forest for the Ox-Cam corridor, and a competition will launch in early 2026 to determine the location of a third national forest in the Midlands or North of England.

The Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs has awarded a contract for a Peat Evidence Review with an estimated total value of £276,000 (inc VAT) to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) UK Peatland Programme which is hosted by The Wildlife Trusts.

The Environment Agency has gone out to tender with a contract for an organisation to act as Responsible Body for a Conservation Covenant with an estimated value of £96,000 (inc VAT).

Severn Trent is seeking more supply chain input on the design and supply of sludge drying units for deployment at two separate sites and is inviting interested suppliers to provide additional information.

Southern Water is hosting its first ever careers fair to recruit for roles that will help it to deliver ground-breaking projects as part of its biggest ever investment plan.

Severn Trent is offering free mobile water bowsers to livestock farmers across Staffordshire and Derbyshire, as part of a new initiative to help manage water demand.

Uisce Éireann has reached a major milestone in its €58 million investment to future-proof wastewater infrastructure in Ballyjamesduff and Virginia in County Cavan.

Yorkshire Water colleagues are attending events in Hull, Doncaster, and York this week, in hopes of reaching customers who might benefit from the utility’s bill support offerings.

Water sector regulator Ofwat has found that SES Business Water has overcharged customers – despite directing the company in January 2023 to comply with price protection requirements set out in the Retail Exit Code (REC).