Severn Trent has applied to the Environment Agency (EA) for drought permits which will allow it to release less water than normal from its Upper Derwent Valley reservoirs into the River Derwent over the next few months.

Anglian Water has confirmed the proposed location for a new £1 billion -plus reservoir in Cambridgeshire and announced the launch of the first phase of a public consultation.

Following a recent meeting of water industry CEOs, hosted by new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ranil Jayawardena, Southern Water has written to the Minister setting its improvement progress and plans to government.

Waterwise has published a new UK-wide water efficiency strategy through to 2030 - setting out the vision of ‘A UK in which all people, homes and organisations are water-efficient’.

Yorkshire Water has begun laying a temporary water pipe over moorland to transfer water from Calderdale to the Worth Valley – the utility is also applying to the Environment Agency for a number of drought permits for reservoirs in North West Yorkshire.

Severn Trent is recruiting 100 new Community Water Saving Champions across Leicestershire and Derbyshire as part of a two to three month initiative to help make homes water-efficient, whilst helping to reduce energy bills.

The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, currently chaired by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, is partnering with Grundfos and the Grundfos Foundation to launch the second phase of its Water Safe Cities project (WSC II).

Thames Water has gone out to tender with an AMP7 contract for commercial and financial advisory services worth an estimated £3 million.

Southern Water has launched a new incentive scheme offering businesses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight money off their bills in return for saving water.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has launched a 12-week consultation on proposals for new water efficiency labelling to protect water supplies and cut energy bills.