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United Utilities (UU): news on Friday 2 October 2026

+4.8 positive

Coverage focused on progress in its wastewater and drainage investment projects, including milestones in the £200m Windermere programme and a £30m Liverpool rain garden. It also kept its guidance, though the shares remain below their high.

What drove it

Windermere upgrade milestone
Liverpool rain garden
guidance maintained

The 4 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

+5.5 Major milestone for £200m Lake District wastewater upgrade Cumbria Crack
Major milestone in its £200m Lake District wastewater upgrade.
+5.3 Ambleside storm water tanks reach key milestone in £200m Windermere programme nwemail.co.uk
Milestone in its £200m Windermere investment programme, positive delivery progress.
+4.7 First look at city centre's £30m green, floral rain garden investment Liverpool Echo
First look at its £30m rain garden investment in Liverpool.
+3.0 United Utilities keeps guidance. United Utilities stock sits 7.08 percent below its high AD HOC NEWS
Guidance kept, though shares sit below their high.

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