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A growing number of customers believe their water company is delivering value for money, with satisfaction levels now at a five-year high.

PWC long viewRichard Laikin, Water Sector Leader, Power & Utilities at PricewaterhouseCoopers, explores opportunities for transformation of the UK water industry.

Researchers need improved techniques to be able to understand why the climate is changing, and the part humans play in this process, according to Professor Peter Stott, who leads the Climate Monitoring and Attribution team at the Met Office and is also a Professor at University of Exeter.

A newly negotiated recycling deal by waste company Viridor, sister company to South West Water, could be an interesting indicator of how Pennon Group, which owns both companies, might approach the sludge market which is set to be opened up to competition in the near future.

Thames Water’s Customer Challenge Group has described the water company as “relatively silent” on the role that innovation of all sorts plays in delivering against its commitments and called on Thames to take a more overt approach to describing what is being done.

Severn Trent PLC yesterday published a prospectus relating to a €6,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of Severn Trent Plc and Severn Trent Utilities Finance Plc as issuers and Severn Trent Water Ltd as guarantor of notes issued under the programme by Severn Trent Utilities Finance Plc.

APC Technology Group PLC , the provider of technologies and services to improve organisational sustainability and provider of specialist electronic components, has been recognised as one of the UK's high growth/high potential Cleantech companies in a list of the top 50 performers compiled by Cambridge Cleantech and KPMG.

Thirteen SME members of the Kier Highways supply chain have achieved certification to BS 11000 Collaborative Business Relationships as part of a new alliance approach to certification, pioneered by Kier and BSI (British Standards Institution).

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a new consultation on its draft guidance to Ofwat for water and sewerage connections charges.

Asset Resilience GraphicIn an Expert Focus article for Waterbriefing, Brendan McAndrew, Principal Consultant and technical lead at MWH (now part of Stantec), discusses how water companies can ensure their services are resilient enough to meet customer and regulatory expectations.

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