Wessex Water has accepted Ofwat's PR19 final determination for its AMP7 2020-25 business plan - the fourth company to publicly accept the regulator’s decision.
United Utilities, Welsh Water and Severn Trent have already accepted the water sector regulator's determinations.
Deadline for the remaining companies to respond either by accepting Ofwat’s final determination or to notify the regulator of their intention to refer the decision to the Competition and Markets Authority is 15 February 2020.
According to Thomas Sharpe QC, who has acted in most regulatory appeals in water, energy and communications, the battle ground in most price control appeals is “financeability” – in his view, any company considering an appeal starts one down.
A spokesperson for Wessex Water commented:
“While the board has accepted the determination, customers want more investment in infrastructure to future-proof services – for example, to deal with climate change. We believe long-term investment is needed, not short-term bill cuts.”
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and 
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.
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