Ahead of the publication of Ofwat’s Final Determinations on the water companies’ AMP8 Business Plans due on 19^th December, in an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing Dale Foster and Adrian Heneghan from wastewater treatment specialists HUBER Technology take a look at another potential challenge looming on the horizon for the water sector going into AMP8.

If we took a short trip forward in time to 2040, and then looked back at how some organisations in the water industry successfully achieved Carbon Net Zero, it’s likely you’ll see a large four-letter word: NIGG.

Yorkshire Water’s progress on replacing roofs at its Dewsbury Sewage Treatment works is near completion.

New proposals by Ofwat look set to usher even more competition into the UK water sector, including plans to open up the market for increased water trading, energy generation from sewage sludge and more direct procurement of large-scale infrastructure investments like the Thames Tideway Tunnel.

Ofwat has today launched a major consultation setting out its preferred options for the future framework to regulate the role of markets in the water sector and the role regulation will play – and is calling for change in the industry.