Wessex Water is progressing work on its £35 million expansion of the Saltford Water Recycling Plant which will support economic and residential growth in Bath, alongside delivering improved water quality in the River Avon.
Bristol Water is trialliing floating wetlands to help improve water quality at its reservoirs.
The government has set out measures to tackle pollution at source and enable the construction of thousands of homes, as it publishes a list of over 140 wastewater treatment works legally required to be upgraded in areas affected by nutrient neutrality advice.
Wessex Water is investing nearly £3 million on two projects to protect the environment in rural South Gloucestershire by enhancing the removal of chemicals from water.
Newly-built wetlands next to Somerset's Durleigh Reservoir are delivering significant biodiversity and water quality improvements as Wessex Water continues its drive to find nature-based solutions to tackle environmental challenges.
United Utilities is making a £50 million investment at Macclesfield Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) which will use innovative technology to help improve water quality in the River Bollin.
Southern Water is looking for a supplier to build a trial plant for the removal and recovery of nutrients from decentralised urban wastewater treatment processes in Southern England, rather than sludge treatment centres.
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.