Water industry regulator Ofwat has launched a consultation on its proposals and preferred approach to setting payment terms between wholesalers and retailers in the water and wastewater markets in England and Wales – which is running on a very tight timescale.

MPs have welcomed Government commitments to collect further information on the impact of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems, following the recommendations in the Science and Technology Committee’s First Report of Session 2013-14, Water quality: priority substances published in June 2013.

The European Commission is simplifying – and even withdrawing – EU rules and regulations.

Water industry regulator Ofwat is inviting comment on two new discussion documents it has published in the run-up to the introduction of retail competition in April 2017 in the non-household sector.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has launched a new consultation on corporate governance setting out its views on issues of Board leadership, transparency and governance.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs setting out its views on work it thinks the water companies in England and Wales need to do in finalising their Draft Water Resources Management Plans.

Ofwat is giving notice to Thames Water that it is making counter-claims relating to underinvestment in sewer flooding and the wastewater network in response to the utility’s request for a price rise in 2014/15.

Britain must establish an independent National Infrastructure Commission to end decades of drift and delay on major infrastructure decisions, according to a Labour-commissioned review carried out by Sir John Armitt.