Wastewater treatment

Severn Trent creates 300 jobs to tackle blockages and floods

Ofwat seeks net zero innovations

Tideway boss pockets £1.7m bonus

Helm: Breaking up Thames would be a good start

Economist Dieter Helm has proposed dividing beleaguered Thames into two public limited companies with simplified ownership to improve management and prevent financial engineering. The sector's long-term critic also took Ofwat to task for not taking steps to strip poorly-performing companies of their licences and proposed reverting to the single-company structures of the original privatised companies.

Government ‘hellbent’ on removing environmental protections

Yorkshire Water invests £40m in phosphorus removal

We need to rethink our relationship with water

Unlimited fines for polluting firms edge closer

Southern redesigns wastewater site to slash spills

Call for urgent wetland reforms

Coffey slammed for lack of meetings with water bosses

UU launches trial to turn sewage into hydrogen and graphene

Can the sector innovate through troubled waters?

Amid turbulent times for the water sector, the seventh Northumbrian Innovation Festival welcomed thousands of guests seeking the answers to the sector's most pressing problems. Utility Week caught up with the firm's chief executive Heidi Mottram and chief information officer Nigel Watson, as well as witnessing some of the many innovations on display.

How innovation can make water sexy

Thames knock-on effect hurts listed water firms