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Week 452–8 November
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Drought Outlasts Summer in London and Denver

  • Thames Water's region marks 100 days of drought with London storage at 56%
  • England to set up eight regional water councils to steer investment
  • Veolia targets 2.75 kWh/m³ at Sharjah's 410,000 m³/day Al Hamriyah plant
Week 4426 October – 1 November
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England's Water Plans Fall Behind in Year One

  • England's water demand ran at 14,110 Ml/d, above the 13,774 Ml/d planned
  • Brussels proposes a shared 3 °C-by-2100 baseline for climate risk planning
  • Xylem cuts its full-year revenue outlook to about $8.95 billion
Week 4319–25 October
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Fresh Capital for Water, From London to Budapest

  • Ofwat says English and Welsh water firms raised about £1.8 billion of new equity
  • Hungary plans to quadruple EU-funded water and environment spending in 2027
  • New York awards nearly $500 million to 106 water and sewer projects
Week 4212–18 October
Week 415–11 October
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Shrinking Rivers Push Water Utilities Towards Desalination

  • Arizona funds Mexican desalination and reuse studies for a Colorado swap
  • AIIB backs Azerbaijan's first large desalination plant with $45 million
  • Hungary's Danube gauges set record lows along almost the entire stretch