Ofwat has proposed accepting a £280,000 enforcement package following its finding that Hafren Dyfrdwy, sister company of Severn Trent Water. has breached its legal obligations in the operation of its wastewater treatment works and network.

Welsh Water’s pioneering £13 million nature-based storm overflow scheme at Pont-y-felin Lane, Torfaen, has delivered a 93% reduction in spills into the Afon Lwyd during its first year of operation.

Yorkshire Water is starting work in Farsley this week on a £900,000 project to reduce storm overflows into the River Aire.

United Utilities has committed more than £100 million in response to a sewage spill incident at Fleetwood Wastewater Treatment Works in 2023.

Northumbrian Water is set to begin a £6 million programme of improvements to the Ouseburn and related local watercourses earlier than originally planned, with work now expected to get underway this autumn.

Yorkshire Water has begun work on projects in the villages of Hebden and Malham in North Yorkshire to reduce the number and frequency of discharges from the sewer network into the River Wharfe and River Aire, respectively.

Southern Water will shortly begin an ambitious programme of work to tackle storm overflows at key locations across the Isle of Wight.

South West Water is set to begin work this autumn on a major investment project in Lyme Regis to help reduce the use of storm overflows and protect the quality of its bathing waters.

South West Water has completed targeted improvements to the wastewater network in Croyde as part of its ongoing work to reduce storm overflows - the water company is now currently in the design process for two new projects to.strengthen the system in the area.  

Southern Water is set to start work on a major new scheme designed to improve the sewer network and help reduce the use of storm overflows.