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United Utilities pointed to its Windermere and Greater Manchester partnerships as the model. The Rivers Trust says catchment partnerships must sit at the centre of the councils, and must be funded.
Intelligent Water, a challenger in Scotland's non-household market, has a £3.5m facility from a British Business Bank-backed Beach Point fund. It is targeting turnover of about £18m within five years.
A five-day trial of the Fournier Rotary Press at Newham, Truro, produced cake at 28–32% dry solids. That is above the 25% minimum that biosolids recycled to land must meet by 2030.
Water UK says Ofwat's proposed Water Governance Code goes beyond the UK Corporate Governance Code. It wants a 'comply or explain' approach instead of 'apply and explain'.
About 2.3 million customers in England and Wales received social tariff support in 2025-26, up 19%. The Consumer Council for Water says company-by-company schemes are a postcode lottery.
The government has announced eight regional water councils for England. They will set local priorities on sewage, flooding, drought and supply, and mayors will get new powers through the Water Bill.
Turbines at Ballygomartin, Breda and Purdysburn will generate about 900 MWh a year from water already moving through the network. Surplus power is exported to the grid.
The Water Industry Commission for Scotland found Scottish Water invested £3.636bn over five years, close to its allowance. But 32 of 82 output categories are behind forecast, and the company is off track on sewage discharge and carbon commitments.
London's reservoirs were at 56% against a normal 77% for the time of year. Thames is repairing more than 1,000 leaks a week, and the hosepipe ban stays for all customers.
A study for the Environment Agency says flood recovery should be treated as a core part of flood risk management. Take-up of Flood Re's Build Back Better scheme was 33%, against a 50% target.
The EFRA Committee's report calls for national targets on pollution and supply interruptions, a framework that stops low-level pollution going unpunished, and ministers ready to put failing companies into special administration. It does not back bigger fines.
Portsmouth Water is partnering with Lightsonic to use distributed acoustic sensing on Openreach's Full Fibre network. Lightsonic says the system can locate leaks to within 10 metres; rollout starts in December.
The UK Health Security Agency will analyse blood and urine samples from the Health Survey for England to set baseline exposure levels for PFAS and other chemicals. First findings are due in 2027.
After the 2026 drought, the Environment Agency says many farm reservoirs are low. If winter rain reaches only 60% of average, widespread abstraction restrictions and possible irrigation bans are likely next spring.
The second Water Efficiency Lab is targeting leaks inside homes and businesses, estimated at 1–1.5 billion litres a day across England and Wales. Awards range from £150,000 to £1.5m.
Five regulators have jointly published their first outline of the 2029 price review. It puts more weight on long-term investment, regional priorities, asset health and individual company circumstances, with business plans due in 2028.
The Environment Agency's 2025 assessment gave England's nine water and sewerage companies 16 stars out of 36, the lowest total since the ratings began. Four companies got one star.
Dame Helen Ghosh, chair of the Office for Environmental Protection, said poor implementation, not just structure, explains the UK's weak water outcomes. She also warned that new legislation is at least two years from taking effect.
Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle has picked Lisa Tennant to succeed Alan Lovell, subject to a joint pre-appointment hearing by MPs on 11 November.
Creditors approved Thames Water's sixteenth set of consent requests. The approval allows its super senior facility to grow by £2.4bn, extending liquidity into autumn 2027 while recapitalisation talks continue.
After falling from two stars to one, Yorkshire Water blamed pollution incidents and five late environmental schemes. Nicola Medalova joined as CEO Designate and takes over from Nicola Shaw on 1 January 2027.
