The city’s water demand is expected to exceed supply within the next decade. London draws a majority of its water from the Thames and Lea rivers. Photo courtesy of pxhere. In recent years, London has ...

Three water cannon bought and refurbished by former London Mayor Boris Johnson at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars have been sold by his successor to a scrap yard for just over $14,000.

The Canal & River Trust (CRT), which manages the canals of England and Wales, reports that boat numbers in London have increased by 57% since 2012. “We’re seeing a huge rise in the popularity of boats ...

Today's proposal from the London & Valley Water consortium, a group including some of the world's largest financial institutions and investors in the UK infrastructure sector, aims to deliver £5.4 ...

London water authority Thames Water has discovered what it calls the UK’s largest “fatberg;” a mushy deposit of congealed fat and sanitary wipes. Found in a sewer in Kingston, South West London, the ...

London’s growing population means the British capital is facing possible water shortages and a risk of flooding from overflowing sewage unless action is taken to ensure more sustainable development, ...

Earlier this year, an unusual weather pattern dubbed the Beast from the East covered much of Britain in heavy snow. But once the beast had passed, things soon returned to normal and, at the beginning ...

"Beginning in 1580, London companies sold water to consumers through a large network of wooden mains in the expanding metropolis. This new water industry flourished throughout the 1600s, eventually ...

The eight-story water tower was designed for the nearby Lambeth Workhouse and Hospital, and it was the tallest water tower in all of London when it was completed in 1867. But the tower fell into ...