26 Mar 2026

Image description: Hand holding a pen and filling in a form. Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay   Public attitudes towards the UK water sector have been the subject of new research conducted by YouGov on behalf of Cavendish Consulting, revealing a complex and often contradictory picture that highlights both deep-rooted distrust and a significant opportunity for companies to […]

26 Mar 2026

Image description: Salmon jumping upstream. Image by Danny Moore from Pixabay.    Migratory freshwater fish populations vital to river health and sustaining the livelihoods of millions of people are in freefall and risk collapse, a major UN assessment has warned.  Freshwater fish face multiple threats and are “among the most imperiled vertebrates”, according to the most comprehensive assessment to […]

26 Mar 2026

Image description: Ecologically damaging Blue Green algae blooms (cyanobacteria), close up from river bank along Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.   A High Court challenge has been launched by an eel fisherman against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) over the Lough Neagh pollution crisis.  The judicial review his being brought against DAERA by eel fisher […]

19 Mar 2026

Image description: A child standing on a paddleboard wearing a green safety jacket and brightly-coloured swimming trunks. Photo by Ben White on Unsplash   The deterioration of water quality in the UK’s largest lake now threatens to intersect with another public health crisis, the rise of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, the so called ‘Superbugs’. As […]

19 Mar 2026

Image description: A silver car submerged in flood water. Photo by Wes Warren on Unsplash   More than 600 projects in England will be receiving a share of £1.4bn in government funding to “help protect tens of thousands of homes and businesses”. The Environment Agency says that project plans span improved flood barriers and embankments […]

19 Mar 2026

Image description: Aerial view of a water treatment facility. Photo by Patrick Federi on Unsplash   Thames Water has confirmed an improved rescue bid has been tabled by creditors for the UK’s largest water supplier but maintained talks are ongoing over the proposals. Thames Water’s lenders have reportedly put forward a £10bn rescue plan that […]

19 Mar 2026

Image description: A housebuilder working on the frame of a house-building project. Photo by Josh Olalde on Unsplash   House-building plans in Kent are in jeopardy after South East Water has warned that it has the capacity to supply water to only one third of all the new homes being planned. The blueprint for 23,000 […]

12 Mar 2026

Image description: A person holding out a glass filled with water. The glass is in sharp focus while the person is blurred in the background. Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash.   Ofwat fines South East Water £22m Ofwat has announced South East Water is to be fined £22m for repeated supply failures in Kent […]