Retail water sector - energy management specialists apply for water and sewerage licence
Newly formed company Hydrology Supplier has applied to Ofwat for a water supply licence and sewerage licence to provide retail services to eligible premises within the water and sewerage retail market in England.
New appointments market - Ofwat predicts further growth in turnover and customer numbers
Ofwat is predicting further growth both in terms of turnover and customer numbers in the competitive new appointments and variations market.
Ofwat and Environment Agency welcome business sector water efficiency action plan
Writing in a joint open letter, Ofwat and the Environment Agency (EA) have welcomed the recently published joint industry water efficiency Action plan developed by wholesalers and retailers in the business retail water sector.
Ofwat sets out guidance for submissions to RAPID on strategic regional water resource solutions
Ofwat has published guidance on making submissions to the Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) under the gated process for strategic regional water resource solutions proposed by water companies.
Environment Agency chief says better regulation, not deregulation, needed to protect environment and boost economy
The chief executive of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan says that better regulation, not deregulation, is needed to protect the environment and boost the economy - but the EA is warning that it lacks both “powers and resources” to carry out its work.
Ofwat to oversee delivery of Direct Procurement for Customers schemes
Ofwat has set out the reasons for its decision to modify the licences of five water companies to give effect to its Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) initiative.
National Infrastructure Commission - Government and water sector must keep up momentum on water resource planning
The National Infrastructure Commission is calling on both Government and the water sector to keep up the momentum in 2021 on water resource planning.
Regulatory price review framework comes under research scrutiny
A research project to help water companies provide the evidence base that influences the next regulatory price review process has got underway.
Environment Agency – new consultation on water stress to inform decisions on compulsory metering by water companies
The Environment Agency (EA) has today launched a new consultation on its approach to determining areas water stress to inform decisions by water companies on whether they can introduce compulsory metering in those areas.
Ofwat on PR19 appeals - consumer voice “drowned out” and submissions increasingly “dominated by well-resourced company and investor voice”
In its final comments to the Competition and Markets Authority in the PR19 appeals inquiry, Ofwat has told the CMA that the latest stages of the process have seen the consumer voice “drowned out” with the submissions made to the CMA “increasingly…dominated by the well-resourced company and investor voice.”
Ofwat PR19 appeals – more institutional investors submit concerns to Competition & Markets Authority
More institutional investors have made written submissions to the Competition & Markets Authority expressing their concerns in the current CMA inquiry into appeals by four water companies against Ofwat’s decisions on their AMP7 Business Plans.
Ofwat tells CMA - PR19 appeals ”dominated by the well-resourced company and investor voice"
Ofwat has told the Competition and Markets Authority that the submissions made to it in the current PR19 water companies’ appeals have ”increasingly been dominated by the well-resourced company and investor voice, on occasion to the exclusion of other perspectives.”
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BactoSense ID cuts wastewater and bathing water bacteria testing from days to minutes
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 launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
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. -
Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
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 appoints new Director of Business Development
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.
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