Retail market - pharmacy and beauty retailer Boots UK applies for water and sewerage self-supply licence
Pharmacy-led health and beauty giant Boots retailer has applied to Ofwat for a Water licence and Sewerage Licence (WSSL) with a retail authorisation limited to self-supply.
Retail water market –Ofwat grants Sainsbury’s water and sewerage self-supply licences
Ofwat has granted Sainsbury’s, the UK’s second largest supermarket, water supply and sewerage licences, with a retail authorisation limited to self-supply.
Retail sector - Ofwat grants John Lewis water and sewerage self-supply licences
Water sector regulator Ofwat has granted John Lewis PLC a Water Supply Licence and Sewerage Licence with a self-supply authorisation.
Energy management firm applies for retail water supply and sewerage market licences
Cardiff-based Amber Water Solutions Ltd, part of the energy management specialists amber energy group, has applied to Ofwat for retail water supply and sewerage market licences.
Business retail water market: BT opts for self-supply
Telecoms giant BT is the latest company to be granted water and sewerage licences for self-supply in the business retail water market by industry regulator Ofwat.
Blackpool Borough Council granted water and sewerage self-supply licences
Ofwat has granted retail authorisations for water and sewerage services self-supply licences to Blackpool Borough Council.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
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IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
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