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THAMES WATER HQS&P Global Ratings has today yet again downgraded Thames Water credit ratings, saying: “In our view, Thames Water's liquidity has deteriorated to a less-than-adequate position as we forecast that the company will not be able to cover its financial needs by 1.1x over the 12 months from the end of June 2024.”

OFWAT PR24 DD SECTOR SUMMARYMore than 600 people attended a virtual public meeting staged by Ofwat yesterday to get the views of customers and stakeholders on the draft decisions on business plans of all water companies in England for 2025 to 2030.

LOUGH NEAGH CATCHMENT MAP NORTHERN IRELANDDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir has announced 20 actions his Department will take to improve water quality, address the challenges in Lough Neagh and tackle blue green algae (BGA).

BRISTOL WATER Chew-Valley-Lake-2Due to high Blue green algae levels in Chew Valley lake, Bristol Water has announced it has taken the difficult decision to suspend all activities that come into contact with the water on Chew Valley Lake.

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER INNOVATION FESTIVAL 2024Registration is now open for the Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival – which will see thousands of creative minds from across the globe coming together to find solutions to some of the topics that have been hitting the headlines recently.

yw-logo-blueYorkshire Water has awarded an AMP8 framework contract covering the supply of new screens and associated handling equipment, as well as the maintenance of all YW screening assets, and the hire of temporary screens and handling equipment.

Falco construction -ThamesWater 1Falco has been awarded a place on Lot 2 of Thames Water’s Runaway 1 framework to provide civils and maintenance of non-infrastructure assets.

WELSH WATER OPEN DATA STRATEGY APRIL 2024Welsh Water, the only not-for-profit water company in England and Wales, is among the first in the water industry to publish their open data strategy.

Scottish Water leakage sniffer dogsScottish Water is using sniffer dogs to help find leaking water mains in some rural areas in Scotland - the dogs have recently successfully identified hard to find hidden leaks with the discovery of 21 suspected leaks in the Borders and East Lothian.

SOUTHERN WATER LOGO 350Southern Water has published a Periodic Indicative Notice announcing its upcoming £400 million AMP8 procurement process for its pump supply, install, maintenance, repair and hire programme.

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