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.

Following on from its conclusions on developer charges and incentives in October 2021, Ofwat has now published a review of the environmental incentives water companies offer to developers to support more water efficient new homes.

The Environment Agency has confirmed that all of the South West of England is now in drought following some of the driest conditions in nearly 90 years.

Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan has said that “a complete gear change is needed” for how water companies and all water users, from farmers to households, think about how they use water and understand its fundamental value.

Following the extended period of dry weather, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has today confirmed that the trigger thresholds have been met to move South West Wales into drought status from Friday 19 August.

Thames Water has today confirmed that the Temporary Use Ban (TUB) will come into effect across London and the Thames Valley at 00:01 BST, 24 August 2022.