The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service has gone out to tender with a contract for Water Wastewater and Ancillary Services worth an estimated £2 billion.
Ofwat has issued further clarification of its Water Supply and Sewerage Licence (WSSL) application guidance for prospective applicants looking to enter the business retail water sector.
Aquateca Ltd has applied to Ofwat for a water supply licence and a sewerage licence to provide retail services to eligible premises within the water retail market.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”