South Staffs Water has met with local residents from the Shobnall area and representatives of the Shobnall Traffic Action Group this week to talk about plans to replace a reservoir in the town.

United Utilities has completed a £3m re-fit and upgrade of a Cumbrian reservoir dating from just after the death of Queen Victoria.

Contractor Costain has begun work on a major scheme to replace Ambergate reservoir for Severn Trent Water.

GMB, the union for water workers, has said that the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee must call private water companies, the Environment Agency and Ofwat to account for allowing parts of the UK to run short of water.

Galliford Try Infrastructure is understood to be the main contractor for Anglian Water’s new £44million reservoir near Newton-on-Trent.

Anglian Water is starting work next month to protect the shorelines at Rutland reservoir as part of a £10 million, two year project, to secure more than 18km of shoreline at three drinking water reservoirs across the region.

Severn Trent Water has submitted its planning application to build two new service reservoirs near Ambergate in Derbyshire.

Members of the Scottish Parliament have given their backing to the principles of the Reservoirs (Scotland) Bill following the Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament.

Southern Water has announced that its reservoirs are in a healthy position at the start of 2011.

Bristol Water has reported that its reservoir levels have again dropped back by 1% to 51% full on average -this time last year they were 96% full on average.