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Southern Water applies for drought permit to refill reservoir

Southern Water has applied to the Environment Agency for a “precautionary” drought permit to pump water into the Bewl Water reservoir – the largest stretch of open water in the South East of England.

8 years ago

Southern Water identifies more than 300 misconnections

Southern Water’s misconnections project, launched to improve the quality of bathing waters, has identified more

8 years ago

Bristol Water’s £27 million improvement works delayed by bats

Bristol Water has confirmed its £27 million Southern Resilience Scheme will not be complete by

8 years ago

Severn Trent prosecutes company for water contamination

Severn Trent successfully prosecuted Haygrove Ltd towards the end of December, after the fruit farm

8 years ago

100,000 homes better protected from flooding

Water companies have been playing their part in helping to better protect 100,000 homes in

8 years ago

Welsh Water Infrastructure acquires Cardiff food waste recycling plant

Welsh Water Infrastructure has acquired a food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) and composting plant in

8 years ago

‘Water cremation’ plans on hold over fears liquid remains could enter the water system

Plans for the UK’s first “water cremation” service have been put on hold following concerns

8 years ago

Yorkshire Water goes into space to detect leaks

Yorkshire Water is to use space satellites to help identify underground water leaks from its

8 years ago

Water industry loses 3.1 billion litres of water every day

The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) has warned water companies to plug rising levels of

8 years ago

South West Water takes legal action against unauthorised standpipe use

South West Water has warned businesses not to steal water from its supply network after

8 years ago

NI Water invests £1.5 million in wastewater pumping station

Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has completed a £1.5 million investment programme to improve its

8 years ago

Productivity in water sector increases since privatisation

Productivity in the water sector has seen a 64 per cent improvement between 1994 and

8 years ago

Yorkshire Water plans to become ‘top performer’

Yorkshire Water has today (29 November) unveiled an “ambitious” multi-million pound plan to transform its

8 years ago

Thames Water admits ‘letting down’ customers on leakage

Thames Water has admitted it “let down” customers on its leakage performance as the company

8 years ago

Severn Trent reopens environmental grants scheme for farmers

Severn Trent will be giving farmers in the Midlands another opportunity to apply for a

8 years ago

Severn Trent to sell off surplus land to boost house building

Severn Trent will sell off its surplus land to help the UK’s housing market, with

8 years ago

Hurlingham Club appoints Everflow as water supplier

The Hurlingham Club in London has appointed Everflow as its water supplier, following a competitive

8 years ago

Six ways water companies are addressing resilience

8 years ago

Thames Water and SSE Enterprise Telecoms partner for ‘fibre in the sewers’ project

8 years ago

Ofwat publishes code to ‘improve services’ for developers

Regulator says new code will provide ‘greater clarity, consistency and certainty’ Ofwat has published a

8 years ago