The House of Lords' EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has launched a short inquiry on environment and climate change policy after Brexit.

The European Commission has proposed the first research partnership of its kind in the Mediterranean Area to develop novel solutions for sustainable water management and food production.

Water resources and flooding are among a number of key issues highlighted in the National Needs Assessment (NNA) of UK infrastructure which is being launched today at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). 

A new consultation launched by Ofwat on setting licence fees in the new retail market has flagged up the potential for higher costs and uncertainties surrounding the early stages of the competitive market which opens in April 2017.

With less than six months to go until the opening of the non-household water market in England, fewer than one in ten business customers may be aware they will soon be able to switch supplier, according to new research by the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater).

Credit ratings agency Moody’s is warning that while currently low borrowing costs are credit positive for UK water companies that issue new debt, persistently low rates could result in a significant revenue cut following the 2019 price review.

Ofwat has contrasted competitive retail markets where there has been radical change, with innovation, and technology-led advances in customer service with the water sector, describing the possibilities offered by advances in technology as having “largely been left unfulfilled.”