Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a contract for hydro operations monitoring and maintenance with an estimated total value of £6.3 million excluding VAT.

Yorkshire Water, in collaboration with AI specialists UnifAI Technology, has started an innovative research project that uses AI modelling to provide real-time water quality predictions at designated bathing water sites across the county.

Scottish Water has installed a new solar scheme at Lawhead pumping station which is now helping to power water services for Scottish Water customers in Penicuik.

Portsmouth Water has launched a public consultation, asking customers and stakeholders to comment on its plans to manage future droughts.

Welsh Water has lifted the precautionary boil water notice issued to customers on Friday last week in parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf supplied by Maerdy Water Treatment Works with immediate effect.

New research by Thames Water reveals 15.5 million (44 per cent) wet wipe users flush them down the toilet, with more than one in six (16 per cent) doing so daily and a further 16 per cent of users doing it at least once a week.

Thames Water has secured c£9.5 million in funding from Ofwat’s Water Innovation Fund for two pioneering innovation projects – the projects will test longer planned water outages for pipe repairs, to enhance mains replacement methods, and another project will support large-scale implementation of sustainable drainage systems alongside planned streetworks to help reduce flood risk.