Thames Water has confirmed that it is lifting its hosepipe ban for customers across London and the Thames Valley with immediate effect.

Water Resources West has published its Draft Regional Plan for consultation - the plan presents an updated assessment of the region’s water needs, reflecting growth, climate change and environmental destination.

Water Resources South East (WRSE) has published a long-term regional water plan setting out the blueprint to secure water supplies in water-scarce South East England.

Affinity Water has launched its £3 billion action plan to address a significant future shortfall in water resources - without action, the region the water company supplies could face a shortfall of up to 449 million litres a day by 2050.

Ahead of the launch of its new Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), Affinity Water has set out its plans to invest in a multi-million-pound scheme to bring new water supplies down from the Midlands to its Central supply region and into the Home Counties.

Southern Water has launched Phase 2 of its ongoing market engagement for the £587 million Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project and published a Request for Information to help inform and develop the company’s current understanding of the market.

Ahead of COP27, the UN climate summit which starts in Egypt in Sharm El- Sheikh this Sunday, UNESCO is warning that the accelerated melting of glaciers in 50 World Heritage sites, which are home to total of 18,600 glaciers, will see a third of them disappear by 2050.

Welsh Water has confirmed it is lifting the Temporary Use Ban (more commonly known as a hosepipe ban) that has been in place since 19 August for its customers served by Llys-y-Frân Reservoir near Haverfordwest.

The Environment Agency (EA) has accepted Severn Trent’s request for a drought permit for the Derwent Valley – the water company made an application to the EA on 3^rd October.

Former Ofwat Chief Executive Cathryn Ross has raised the question of whether the Price Review process - the regulatory framework of five-year price reviews for the water sector - is still fit for purpose.