25 Jun 2026
Photo description: Person in a long-sleeved orange blazer signing papers. Photo by Romain Dancre on Unsplash Thames Water has secured creditor approval for its eleventh consent request, allowing the company to draw a further £200 million in funding during June. The approval extends a key funding condition to 30 June 2026 and makes ancillary amendments […]
25 Jun 2026
Description: A close up of someone’s hands as they count out coins. Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash Southern Water has secured the final £300 million of a £1.2 billion equity package, with most of the new capital coming from Asterion Industrial Partners. The Madrid-based infrastructure investor will join the Macquarie-led consortium as a minority shareholder […]
18 Jun 2026
Image description: River Lee running through Cork City. Image by Daniel Byram from Pixabay. Ireland’s water quality remained largely unimproved in 2025, according to the EPA’s latest monitoring report. Excess nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus from agriculture, wastewater discharge and runoff, continue to degrade water bodies across the country. Improvements in some rivers and lakes were offset […]
18 Jun 2026
Image description: Red floor tiles under a thin layer of water. Photo by Annie Agarwal on Unsplash Southern Water has announced an £11 million investment in Hampshire to cut groundwater flooding risk after this winter’s severe wet weather. The programme will include sewer sealing work to prevent groundwater entering the network, alongside resilience measures […]
18 Jun 2026
Image Description: Water hitting a stone. Photo by Cem Salini on Unsplash Amazon and water technology company Aganova are rolling out an AI‑driven leak detection project in Bergamo’s water distribution network, working with local utility Uniacque. The system, which runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure, monitors flows in large transmission mains and flags anomalies […]
18 Jun 2026
Image description: The River Thames flowing beneath Tower Bridge. Photo by Pietro De Grandi on Unsplash Researchers at the University of East London (UEL) have launched a study into microplastic pollution in the River Thames to inform environmental policy and water quality decisions. Led by Dr Ria Devereux of UEL’s Sustainability Research Institute, the […]
18 Jun 2026
Image description: River Tees flowing through a forest alongside Barnard Castle, County Durham. Photo by Tom Maclean on Unsplash Climate change could push UK rivers to dangerous extremes and bring more frequent rapid swings between wet and dry conditions, a phenomenon known as hydroclimatic whiplash, according to research led by the University of East […]
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