Ofwat Chairman Jonson Cox is warning UK water companies to get ready for a period of “peak intrusion.”
In an interview published in the Financial Times newspaper yesterday, Cox described the sector as “close to peak intrusion” and said a period of more intense oversight was needed “to get the industry back on an even keel.”
According to the Financial Times, Ofwat intends to to take up an offer put forward by Environment Secretary Michael Gove MP in 2018 to provide the regulator with greater powers to control the sector’s behaviour. As part of this Ofwat will seek more freedom to alter the current terms of company licences, described as excessively “clunky” by Cox.
A report in the world’s leading financial newspaper at the end of January suggested that some of the biggest global infrastructure investors had introduced a “blanket ban” on further investment in UK rail, energy and water projects.
Several influential infrastructure investors had told the Financial Times that it is “highly unlikely” they would make any further investments in the UK, citing the country’s current “very negative” and “hostile” political and regulatory environment.
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
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Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water.
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.
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