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Water UK set out for MPs some of the water industry's key challenges in adapting to climate change.

Water companies are playing a key role in ensuring the quality of water around Britain’s coasts remains consistently high

The water industry has begun to think about what it would like to see from a revision of the Water Framework Directive.

The UK bathing season starts this month and runs until the end of September. For 2014, monitoring data will be assessed using the standards set in the current bathing water directive. This is the last season these standards will be used. From 2015, bathing water quality will be assessed using new, stricter standards.

The need for monitoring of aspects of shale gas extraction, such as the integrity of the wells and the treatment of water once it has been used for fracking, will be crucial for effective and safe operations.

Water UK has responded to Defra's consultation on the draft Strategic Policy Statement and directions to Ofwat.

Customers’ number one priority for the water industry is safe, reliable supplies of water at a price they can afford. To deliver this, it’s critically important that the water industry plans for the long term, because decisions and investments made today will determine the level of service that the industry can provide well into the future.

Many commentators have pointed out that, despite the rise of the Green Party as a force in national politics, the environment has not been a mainstream issue during this election campaign. At a time of austerity, it’s argued, voters see concern about environmental issues as a marginal issue, which pales into insignificance compared to worries about jobs, homes and health. And yet the predictions are more alarming than ever.

Regulations under the Town and Country Planning Act that will make water companies statutory consultees for fracking were laid before Parliament last week and are due to come into force in mid-April.

In National Apprenticeship week 2015 Water Minister Dan Rogerson MP met water industry apprentices to hear how their careers are thriving after joining water companies.