Ofwat has launched a new consultation on its proposed revised approach to water and wastewater company mergers under the special merger regime set out in the Water Industry Act 1991 and its proposed updated statement of methods for the assessment of mergers.
New regulations to create increased competition between England and Wales and Scotland via cross border applications allowing for an application to one regulator (Ofwat or WICS) to be treated as if it had been made to the other will come into force in April 2016.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
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.