Anglian Water is seeking market input ahead of going out to tender next year with a £700 million desalination programme – the water company is looking to develop up to three Desalination Plants in its region.
David Black, Chief Executive of water sector regulator Ofwat, has described Thames Water as a company with “deep-rooted problems of persistent poor performance and too much debt.”
A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report is warning that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place.
Anglian Water has become the first UK company to issue a corporate green bond in the Canadian ‘maple’ bond market.
Anglian Water has gone out to tender with an AMP7/8 contract for banking services worth an estimated £3.03 million.
Ofwat has set out plans by the water sector to invest £2.8 billion in environmental projects to support the country’s green economic recovery from COVID-19.
Dŵr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water) has taken the next step in the process of using Ofwat’s Direct Procurement for Customers to deliver a £100 million-plus construction scheme to provide long-term water supply resilience to Cardiff, Newport and several smaller towns located within the Merthyr Valley.
Anglian Water has unveiled a massive £630 million investment programme for the year ahead - the largest investment ever planned for a single year will be spent across the entire East of England.
Southern Water has successfully secured £825 million in sustainable bonds in one of the biggest public market financing issues for the water sector.
Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity firms, has led a £1.035m investment in Manchester-headquartered water treatment technology business, G2O Water Technologies Ltd.
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.
Welsh Water’s new artificial intelligence-driven tool, ORAI, has been shortlisted for three categories at the prestigious British Data Awards 2026 – underscoring the company’s commitment to using cutting-edge technology to deliver better outcome for customers.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.