Blackpool Borough Council has applied to Ofwat for self-supply water and sewerage retail licenses to enable it to provide retail services to itself and persons associated with it.

Sir John Armitt has been appointed as the permanent Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), where he will provide strategic advice to address the UK’s long term infrastructure needs.

Ofwat has launched a review of the market codes which set out the credit requirements for retailers in the new business retail market in the water sector.

As a part of the transition towards a more circular economy, the European Commission has adopted the first-ever Europe-wide strategy on plastics.

Environment secretary Michael Gove has warned that water companies must start to behave “in a responsible fashion” or face regulation on the use of offshore tax havens.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has issued further clarification on how issues regarding leakage will be treated in the 2019 Price Review process. 

The UK government's ban on microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products has come into force – a landmark step in the introduction of one of the world’s toughest bans on the harmful pieces of plastic.