Northumbrian Water has started work on a circa £155 million investment in upgrading and futureproofing its water supply network across the south of County Durham and into the Tees Valley.

Uisce Éireann, working in partnership with Wexford County Council, has announced the signing of a major new construction contract that will result in critical upgrades to the drinking water supply in Wexford town and surrounding areas.

Scottish Water has started supplying water to Peebles, Eddleston, Eshiels and Lyne Station from its new £30 million Peebles water treatment works.

The Government has announced it will make sustainable drainage systems mandatory to new developments in England – the new approach to sustainable drainage is set to reduce flood risk and clean up rivers. 

VolkerStevin has been awarded a £21.9 million contract by the Environment Agency (EA) which will improve flood defences on the east bank of the River Rother in Rye, East Sussex.

Ceredigion County Council has gone out to tender to find a suitable contractor to undertake coastal defence works at and around Aberaeron Harbour.

How the UK plans, builds and operates infrastructure is likely to change dramatically in the next few years, according to the annual horizon scan report for 2023 from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

Welsh Water, the only not-for-profit utility company in England and Wales, is continuing to provide uninterrupted support for all types of new development and major infrastructure projects, including during the last year, in what has been an exceptionally busy period.

Ofwat has launched a consultation on its response to Portsmouth Water’s request for funding of £370.4 million of totex for the period 2020-2030, an increase of £235.1 million on the £123.6 million funding allowed in final determinations in PR19, for the Havant Thicket Winter Storage Reservoir.

Northumbrian Water is investing £5.6 million in upgrades to its wastewater treatment works in Dipton, County Durham, delivering improvements to local watercourses.