09 Jul 2026

Photo credit: Swanky Fella   Drinking water quality in England remained exceptionally high in 2025, even as ageing infrastructure and deteriorating asset health emerged as a threat to the long-term resilience of supplies. The Drinking Water Inspectorate’s Chief Inspector’s Annual Report found that 99.97 per cent of more than 3.5 million regulatory tests met the required […]

05 Jan 2022

Report from Defra and Drinking Water Inspectorate on the quality of all individual supplies of drinking water that exceed 1,000 cubic meters a day or serve more than 5,000 people in England. This report is published every 3 years and demonstrates the high quality of drinking water in England. Around 99% of the population receive […]