The European Investment Bank has signed a EUR 20.5 million loan agreement with the Malawian Ministry of Finance in support of the Northern Regional Water Board.

In the face of challenges like drought and growing demand in many European Union countries, managing water supplies will require a better mix of pricing and non-pricing measures to ensure efficient household water use, according to a new European Environment Agency briefing.

Cranfield University has embarked on a major research project, funded by the Water Research Foundation (WRF), focused on the implementation of risk management practice in international water utilities.

The Environment Agency has granted an environmental permit to allow Ineos Upstream Ltd to drill an exploratory borehole at a site in Derbyshire.

New research is alerting businesses to an upward spike in bad debt  and warning that they must plan now to manage new groups of consumers entering arrears.

The Future Water Association is highlighting the fact that the sector is facing an ever-widening gap in its ‘pipeline’ of new people and is urging it to help put water at the top of the careers agenda.

Civils contractors have said that they welcome the new UK Government’s intention to bring forward a bill to deliver the next phase of HS2, but that it must be a priority for the new administration to press on with a range of major schemes.

British Water’s Data & Analytics Focus Group is calling on professionals from the water and utilities sector to contribute case studies and unsolved challenges.