The Environment Agency (EA) has today published action plans detailing £5.3 billion of investment to improve the quality of England’s waters over the next five years. However, the EA is warning that without further investment beyond that date and more action to address climate change impacts, the number of water bodies meeting Good Ecological Status could fall to just 6% by 2043.

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.

Thames Water has today launched a major public consultation on its draft Water Resources Management Plan 2024 - the proposed strategic plan for future water supply sets out the ‘big picture’ on how Thames Water intends to plan ahead for the next 50 years.  

Anglian Water, in partnership with Cambridge Water, is calling on communities and stakeholders to submit their feedback and shape plans for a new reservoir in the Fens before a consultation on the proposals closes on 21 December 2022.

Yorkshire Water has announced that the hosepipe ban introduced on 26 August, has today been lifted.

South East Water has published its draft Water Resources Management Plan setting out how it will provide a reliable and resilient supply of drinking water between 2025 and 2075 while protecting the local environment.

Severn Trent is applying to the Environment Agency (EA) for a Drought Permit to increase the amount of water it can pump this winter out of its Foremark and Staunton Harold reservoirs near the River Dove.

Leading environmental think-tank and charity Sustainability First has said there is a pressing need for an action plan to address the UK’s future water shortfall.

Water companies have been warned that they must start planning now to avoid potentially significant water supply and environmental impacts next summer.

United Utilities is inviting people across the North West to comment on the second phase of a substantial multi million pound investment project to modernise the Vyrnwy Aqueduct, which carries water from Lake Vyrnwy in North Wales to Cheshire and Merseyside.