Lord Chris Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency says that the UK now faces difficult choices on flood defence investment.

Neighbouring water companies Wessex Water and Sembcorp Bournemouth Water have joined forces to ensure that people in Dorset have a reliable water supply when unexpected events occur.

South West Water has started preparatory work ahead of delivering £5 million worth of projects to further improve bathing water quality at Torbay's beaches.

Northern Ireland Water has awarded a £38 million water and wastewater pumps framework contract to a total of six suppliers which will run for between two to six years.

Early statistics published by the Met Office for January 2014 show that the southeast and central southern England region has already had its wettest January in records going back to 1910, with three days still to go.

Costain has completed another major milestone on its £20 million update of the Severn Trent Frankley Water Treatment Works.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that TASK JV, a joint venture between its recent acquisition Sinclair Knight Merz and Thiess, have signed an alliance contract with Water Corporation of Western Australia to design, construct and commission the East Rockingham Wastewater Treatment Plant near Perth, Australia.

The largest pumping operation ever undertaken in Somerset  is continuing as the Somerset Levels experience the highest level of flooding for almost two decades.