South East Water has today announced John Halsall as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)-Designate, effective immediately.
Eric Verheylewegen, VP Strategic Initiatives Enterprise and Land Mobile at Viasat, takes a look at why the water sector in showing growing interest in using satellite technology to bridge the existing “not spots” connectivity barrier for smarter water networks.
MPs on the House of Commons Environment, Food and RuralAffairs Committee will question experts tomorrow morning on the UK’s response to the growing threat of wildfires.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee says that the government has dismissed the majority of the Committee’s recommendations in its report on the human cost of coastal erosion in the formal response from Defra.
Business Stream, one of the UK’s leading water retailers has published an annual progress report for its industry-first Customer Care Charter, highlighting improvements in customer satisfaction, service standards and sustainability performance across the past year.
The Royal Household has awarded a contract for water hygiene maintenance services covering a number of sites across London & Windsor with an estimated value of £2.3 million including VAT.
Yorkshire Water is getting ready to begin a hat-trick of water mains replacement schemes at Oakwood, Gipton and Fearnville, Leeds this week to improve resilience and reliability of the area’s network.
The National Drought Group has been told that just three months after the last drought officially ended, the parched conditions this spring have increased the risk of drought this summer.
Ofwat has launched a statutory consultation on changing the Wholesale Charging Rules and Charges Scheme Rules to promote greater water efficiency.
New research by Thames Water reveals that while the UK has experienced drought, the hottest summer on record in 2025, and record-breaking temperatures last month it has not led to reduced water use.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.