Environment

Ofwat’s SPS to be revealed

Anglian lays out £680m spend for 2022/23

West Country water deficit could reach 277Ml/day

Water demand in East of England forecast to double by 2050

Judges named for second year of water innovation contests

WRSE sets out plans for three new reservoirs in south east

Water quality standards met at 99% of bathing sites

Yorkshire to invest £13m at bathing river site

Yorkshire Water has set out £13 million of investment to improve water quality in the River Wharfe in Ilkley which was the first inland bathing site designated last year. The company stressed that its interventions alone would not be sufficient to transform the river and called on stakeholders to work together to tackle pollution at source

England facing larger water shortage than previously forecast

England could face a daily water deficit of 3,435 megalitres by 2050 - an extra 1,500 megalitres over the previous forecast from two years ago - if no action is taken to prevent the shortage, regional water resource groups have warned. Representatives of the groups said demand reduction will play a vital role in managing water resources across the country until major infrastructure projects can be completed.

Ofwat urged to limit executive bonuses for pollution failures

The water sector looks ahead to 2022

Call for water efficiency spend to be doubled at PR24

Southern underperforms against key AMP7 targets

Southern Water's interim results for the first six months of 2021/22 show the business is behind on a series of key targets and has already exceeded its annual maximum number of sewer flooding incidents following a particularly wet summer season. The company, which welcomed a new majority shareholder in September when Macquarie invested more than £1 billion, has set out it strategies to improve across all indicators.

Funding approved for 15 RAPID schemes

Water consumption rose by 9% during lockdown year