Northumbrian Water has started work on a £9.4 million investment in Pegswood, Northumberland, that will improve water quality, strengthen the resilience of the local wastewater network and help protect the environment for future generations.

Southern Water has welcomed a more positive outlook from credit ratings agencies, saying that the improved credit outlooks for the water company from Moody’s Ratings and S&P Global Ratings have recognised the progress being made across the business.

United Utilities has made a direct contract award for an industry specific software package without going out to tender worth approximately £6.304 million including VAT.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) says that summer downpours have failed to ease pressure on Scotland’s rivers as two more areas reach Significant Water Scarcity.

The Ministry of Defence has gone out to tender with a contract for Headspace Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer which will primarily be used for the analysis of VOC's in potable drinking water. with an estimated value of £372,000 including VAT.

S&P Global Ratings has revised Southern Water’s outlook from negative to stable following increased shareholder support and improved operational performance.

Moody's Ratings has today changed to positive from stable its outlook on Southern Water Services Ltd and its finance subsidiary SW (Finance) I PLC.

Heat seeking drones are giving United Utilities ‘eyes in the sky’ as teams continue to tackle lingering heat hotspots following recent moorland fires.