The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has criticised the Government’s “lack of leadership and deep-rooted complacency” in the conclusion to its follow-up inquiry into Ofwat, the water industry and the role of Government.

Uisce Éireann has announced that the contract to deliver a major 16 km trunk watermain from Duleek to Navan has been signed with Coffey Group.

Experts are pushing for more investment now to ensure England is in the best possible position ahead of future droughts, the National Drought Group (NDG) heard this week.

Scottish Water is starting work on £40 million upgrade to the water network between Peterhead and Ellon.

The Canal and River Trust (CTC) have announced an £89 million programme of engineering work, illustrating the scale of the resource required to protect and preserve the nation’s 250-year-old canal network.

Tideway Chair Sir Neville Sims has described the delivery model for the Tideway Tunnel supersewer as an “exemplar for securing long term private capital to provide large scale UK infrastructure alongside our approach to achieving significant wider social value.”

Future Water, the business support organisation for the UK water sector and the supply chain, is holding an online webinar next week to launch the Future Water Record Card.

Thames Water has awarded civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale a £16.8 million contract to upgrade an important water trunk main running through the London Boroughs of Barnet and Enfield.

A BBC investigation has found that three water companies – Southern Water, Thames Water and Wessex Water, discharged sewage into rivers last year on hundreds of occasions - at a time when it was not raining.

National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt is warning that cutting leaks and reducing demand alone isn’t sufficient in the face of population growth and increasing drought risk - there also has to be significant investment in a broad mix of new infrastructure.