South West Water is working with partners to help stop localised flooding issues in Kingsbridge. The town has seen an increase in the number of flooding events at times of high tides and heavy rainfall over the last few months due to defects with pipework in the Quay area of the town which is not owned or managed by South West Water.

Mike Reader MP (Labour, Northampton South) was confirmed as the new chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure (APPGI) at an Inaugural General Meeting that took place Thursday, 27 November at Portcullis House, Westminster, London.

National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt has written to the Treasury to set out the input which the Commission will provide to support and inform the development of the government’s ten-year infrastructure strategy.

Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a major contract for asset delivery partners and primary designers to deliver its forthcoming capital works programmes between 2027 up to 2039 with an estimated value of £9 billion.

Paul Hickey, Senior Director at the Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID), has written to the CEOs of Southern Water and Portsmouth Water setting out RAPID’s draft decision for the Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project (HWTWRP) to progress to gate 4 of the RAPID programme.

Thames Water has laid over half of a new £46 million transfer pipeline connecting west Guildford’s water supply to the east as part of the water company’s £93.1 million network boost.

The construction of Scotland’s lowest carbon new waste water treatment works, to support the future of one of the country's fastest-growing communities, has been completed by Scottish Water.

AtkinsRéalis, a fully integrated professional services and project management company, has been appointed by Anglian Water to support the delivery of new pipeline projects that will help to ensure long-term water supply and support sustainable growth in the region.

Yorkshire Water is investing £3 million to create a new underground storage shaft at the pumping station in Bempton, East Yorkshire to reduce overflows into the North Sea.

Southern Water has launched a market engagement exercise seeking supply chain interest in its £1.3 billion Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project (Phase 3). The water company is “strongly encouraging” market involvement including potential investors and supply chain organisations.