Cities from five continents - Amman, Cape Town, Greater Miami and the Beaches, Hull and Mexico City - have been selected to contribute to the development of a global framework for water resilience.

The Environment Agency has granted Southern Water's application for a precautionary drought permit to aid in refilling Bewl Water.

Portsmouth Water has  launched a new consultation on its updated plans to tackle droughts in West Sussex and Hampshire.

Southern Water is applying to the Environment Agency for a precautionary drought permit at Bewl Water reservoir.

Affinity Water is warning that the risk of drought and water restrictions in 2018 is increasing – the company’s groundwater resources have remained below average all year following the very dry winter in 2016/17.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has launched a major new consultation on the development of a national policy statement for water resources and the types of infrastructure that it will apply to.

The European Environment Agency is calling for better integration of national climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies by EU contries in order to further strengthen climate change resilience. 

Three water works in London are being recommissioned by Thames Water to help keep taps flowing across the capital following the dry spring and early summer period.

World leaders and senior officials representing 56 Muslim nations have pledged to increase investment in science and technology as a means of tackling food, water, health and climate change challenges at the first ever Islamic-word Science and Technology summit which took place this week.

The inadequate supply of water and sanitation is costing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region around US$21 billion per year in economic losses, according to a new World Bank report.