Ofwat has today published its draft Outcome Delivery Incentive (ODI) determinations for 2025-26, which propose a net £240 million reduction in customer bills, of which £107 million will be returned in customer bills in 2027-28.
Ofwat says that under-performance by the majority of water and wastewater companies in England and Wales, will mean companies have to return £114 million to customers next year.
Thames Water will have to return £51 million to its customers and Southern Water almost £30 million after missing key performance targets.
Dŵr Cymru has topped the customer measure of experience (C-MeX) in Ofwat’s league table with Portsmouth Water in second, and Wessex Water in third place.![]()
Ofwat has today launched a new consultation on its proposals to adjust the outperformance and underperformance payments water companies in England and Wales can expect to receive or lose for the final year of AMP6.
Ofwat will today begin consulting on proposed outperformance and underperformance payments for four of the seventeen water companies in England and Wales, to be applied from April of next year.
Ofwat will today begin consulting on proposals to adjust the price controls for three of the eighteen water companies in England and Wales, to be applied from April of next year.
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.
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.