The Office of Fair Trading has today issued recommendations designed to encourage increased competition and greater efficiency in the treatment of organic waste. The OFT launched the market study to examine advanced treatment of organic waste in January 2011 at the request of water regulator Ofwat.

Ministers from 53 countries across the pan-European region, as well as delegates from the United States, Canada and Israel are attending the seventh 'Environment for Europe' Ministerial Conference this week to discuss water issues and greening the economy.

Leading engineering and design consultancy Halcrow is calling for a radical overhaul of the water management network in England and Wales.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has launched a new consultation on proposals for changing the way it carries out the approval of water companies’ schemes of customer charges for water and sewerage services in England and Wales between now and 2015.

With Ofwat shortly due to publish the provisional findings from its Bioresources Market Review, Mike Willis, Business Development Director at HUBER Technology, discusses whether collecting and releasing more data holds the key to further unlocking the full potential of the bioresources market.

Water sector regulator Ofwat has launched a new consultation about public value in the water sector with the publication of a wide-ranging discussion paper and a separate independently commissioned report.

Ofwat has issued a policy statement following its recent consultation on proposals for customer engagement to play a greater role in the development of water companies' business plans for the upcoming 2015-2020 investment programme.