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14 May 2026

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Image description: engineer wearing high-vis inspecting water quality at a wastewater treatment plant.    Scottish Water has confirmed the partner companies which will work with it to transform the country’s water and waste water infrastructure in the publicly-owned utility’s biggest programme of investment ever. Scottish Water says that the seven companies it will collaborate with on the joint enterprise – aimed at enhancing Scotland’s water and waste […]

30 Apr 2026

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      Image description: close up shot of chrome pipes. Image by Nomad_Soul, Adobe Stock.   The water industry faces increasing pressure to demonstrate resilience. A landmark report released by UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) aims to to help water companies measure, assess and communicate asset health with a more unified approach across the […]

09 Apr 2026

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Image description: Two people sat at a desk working out a problem on a piece of paper. There are two laptops, pens and paper on the work surface. Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash.   Ofwat has written to the renumeration committee chairs of all Welsh and English water companies, reminding them of the new […]

09 Apr 2026

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Body of water between grasses, Arundel UK. Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash £90 million pledged to safeguard England’s wildlife Ministers have announced a new £90 million government funding package for species recovery in England, which the government says is the largest ever Government investment in threatened species recovery. More than double the previous round […]

02 Apr 2026

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Image description: A person wearing black signing a document, with papers spread across a table, Photo by Dimitri Karastelev on Unsplash   A fine-free window in exchange for investment commitments Thames Water is reported to be close to an agreement with Ofwat that would shield the company from new fines for four years, provided it […]

19 Mar 2026

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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 […]

12 Mar 2026

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Photo description: Aerial view of water treatment plant. Photo by Patrick Federi on Unsplash.   Welsh Water is set to pay a proposed £44.7m after the industry regulator found “serious and unacceptable” breaches in the supplier’s sewage and network services. The case is the seventh in a series of Ofwat investigations into all water and […]

26 Feb 2026

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Image description: A brown sewage outflow pipe is embedded in rocks, with water gushing into a body of water. Image by Jacob Antony on Unsplash  Research shared exclusively with the New Statesman reveals Thames Water illegally polluted waterways with raw sewage at least 8,499 times between 2021 and 2025, showing five years of new regulations have failed to address the company’s environmental degradation, according to the […]