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

Irish Water has been granted the final go-ahead for the construction of an €80 million covered reservoir at Stillorgan.

The number of reservoirs in England with overdue safety measures needed to be put in place has increased from 40 to 48 in the last two years, according to the  Environment Agency’s latest report on reservoir safety published yesterday.

Irish Water has lodged an appeal to An Bord Pleanála seeking the removal of the condition to provide publicly accessible open space within the Stillorgan reservoir site.

Southern Water is beginning the construction phase of work to create a drinking water storage reservoir as part of the existing South Staffs Water site at Outwoods in Burton upon Trent.

Yorkshire Water is about to start work on a £800,000 spillway improvement project at the Damflask reservoir situated in the Peak District National Park near to the village of Low Bradfield.

South East Water has expressed concern that National Grid’s plan for pylons through its land as part of the Richborough Connection Project puts at risk proposals to create a reservoir at Broad Oak near Canterbury which would secure the area’s future water supplies.

Welsh Water has started work on a £2.5 million investment scheme which will ensure around 30,000 customers in the Heads of the Valleys area continue to receive a top quality drinking water supply.

Irish Water is today launching a six week public consultation on the proposed new covered reservoir to be built at the existing reservoir site in Stillorgan, County Dublin, in advance of submitting a planning application.

Jersey Water is preparing to bring Val De La Mare reservoir back in to service after five months following the discovery in February of pesticide Oxadixyl in streams feeding the reservoir.