United Utilities latest financial results for the year ending 31 March 2009 show underlying pretax profit up 12% at £532M, with underlying operating profit up by 10% to £742M and a revenue increase of 3% to £2.435bn.

May Gurney have outlined ambitious plans to slash emissions by 50% over the next three years as part of its commitment to meet the needs of a low-carbon economy and, ultimately, to be carbon neutral by 2014.

Anglian Water won a string of awards from Business in the Community last week, confirming it as one of the country’s most community-minded and environmentally conscious companies.

Despite the increasingly difficult economic environment, Welsh Water, the not-for-profit company owned by Glas Cymru, has reported a year of continued good progress in operational and environmental performance and in customer service, raising its 'customer dividend' to £21 per customer.

Stormsaver, the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of rainwater harvesting systems, has secured their largest individual commercial contract worth £140,000.

A scheme to protect the community of Lower Lancaster from flooding has taken joint first place in the Community Award category of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) North West Awards 2009.

Southern Water is to start work on a multi-million pound wastewater infrastructure project in Ashford.