The Scottish Government has launched a new £15 million fund has been launched to improve the resilience of communities across Scotland most at risk from flooding.

Severn Trent has awarded nine contracts for its AMP8 Innovation Strategic Partnerships Framework with an estimated value of £24 million including VAT.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) yesterday confirmed that it is extending its drought declaration across the whole of Wales - with very little rainfall and sustained high temperatures over the last week, conditions across Wales’ natural environment have continued to deteriorate.

The Irish Government has approved the mechanism to provide a €2 billion capital funding package for Uisce Éireann to expand water and wastewater infrastructure capacity and support the delivery of 300,000 new homes by 2030.

Yorkshire Water has begun work on projects in the villages of Hebden and Malham in North Yorkshire to reduce the number and frequency of discharges from the sewer network into the River Wharfe and River Aire, respectively.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has launched his 10-year Clean Rivers and Waterways plan to transform London’s rivers, ridding them of pollution, making them safe and accessible for Londoners and ensuring nature and wildlife can thrive.

UK tech company Ahbstra has launched the ARK, a plug-and-play machine that harvests high quality drinking water from air at the rate of up to 500L/day even in dry and hot climates.