What’s next in the UK water sector

The West is in a cyber 'phoney war' Charles Radclyffe at EA Global wrote in Forbes. Attacks are coming, utilities are dangerously exposed, and mandatory baseline cyber standards for every company and citizen are now essential.

January’s extreme weather initiated serious flood risk in the Somerset Levels. However, the Environment Agency (EA) and partners were able to manage potential impacts by implementing flood resilience strategies that included the rapid deployment of many additional transportable pumps.

The WWT Drinking Water Quality Conference is back for its 11th edition, bringing together water quality leaders on 30 June – 1 July in Birmingham, to explore the latest developments in the drinking water sector, amid potential regulatory shifts.

Infrastructure sectors often rely on complex jargon that excludes the public. With the UK’s average reading age at nine, clear, simple, and visual communication is essential to build understanding and trust.

A wastewater treatment process, Helea, developed by Anglian Water, will be used by Haskoning for projects in São Paulo.

Adam Cave, Founder and Managing Director, Murray McIntosh shares what conversations across the supply chain are telling them — including which companies navigated Year 1 well and which struggled, what it means for hiring, and what the sector needs to do differently before it is too late. They're calling Year 1 what it really was: Year 0.

For much of the past decade, the water sector has been discussed in stark, national terms — collapsing trust, environmental failure and a licence to operate under sustained pressure. Cavenish’s latest polling shows just how entrenched those views have become. It also reveals something more important: the future narrative of water has not yet been written.

Cross 8 presented a benefits case on Open and Shared Data to the Strategic Panel that oversees the business retail market. The Panel has approved moving to a proof of value phase.

Public attention on coastal water quality has never been higher. Recent media coverage, including Channel 4’s Dirty Business, highlights just how much scrutiny the sector is under and how important transparency and trust are.

Ipsum Group’s Water division in England & Wales has been awarded the RoSPA Gold Medal Award for the seventh consecutive year. The award recognises commitment and performance in health, safety and environmental management.

Technical research commissioned by UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) and conducted by the University of Sheffield has provided a breakthrough in understanding how and why cast iron pipes fail.

The UK Pavilion will return to World Water Week, taking place 23 to 27 August 2026, building on the energy and connections created over the past two years.