Ofwat Chief tells public - we will hold water and wastewater companies to account if they have done wrong
Ofwat Interim Chief Executive, David Black has written an open letter to water customers telling them that If the regulator finds that water and wastewater companies have done wrong, Ofwat will hold them to account.
Strategic water resource solutions - RAPID consults on proposals for regulatory and commercial framework
The Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) has launched a new consultation on its proposals to establish common regulatory and commercial frameworks needed for the development of strategically important water resource supply solutions.
Ofwat consults on options to protect customers from water company financing risk
Ofwat has today published a discussion paper setting out options to strengthen water companies' financial resilience.
Excess Covid-19 bad debt costs - Ofwat proposes small temporary increase to business retail price caps
Ofwat is today proposing a small and temporary increase to the price caps in the business retail market - the temporary increase is intended to allow retailers to share some of the unexpected costs associated with bad debt that have arisen following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thames Water to pay £11m-plus to 13.8k business customers and water retailers after data errors
Ofwat has finalised its decision which will see Thames Water pay over £11 million to 13,800 business customers and water retailers for errors in its data which led to customers being billed the wrong amount.
Ofwat : water companies make progress in cutting leaks, but more to do on pollution, flooding and outages
Water companies have made progress towards meeting challenging targets set by the regulator to tackle issues such as leakage, but some companies’ environmental records are still not good enough, according to the latest annual assessment of water companies’ performance by Ofwat.
Environment Agency warns reduced funding is impacting its ability to deal with pollution incidents
The Environment Agency says that its attendance at pollution incidents is reducing as funding to deal with them has been reduced. The EA is warning that more serious pollution incidents are caused by activities it does not regulate and that “resources are needed to fund this work because one day one could be catastrophic.”
Ofwat consults on proposals for water company performance commitments in PR24
Ofwat has published a new discussion paper setting out its emerging proposals for performance commitments in PR24.
Ofwat Chief highlights failure of business retail market to deliver improvements in water efficiency, innovation and poor quality data
David Black, Interim Chief Executive at Ofwat has highlighted ongoing issues in the business retail market, including market frictions in terms of data quality and wholesaler performance, insufficient levels of innovation and failure of the market to deliver improvements to water efficiency.
Housing company fined £200,000 for polluting Huddersfield watercourse with silt
Miller Homes Ltd has been fined £200,000 for polluting a Huddersfield watercourse for more than 1km, after an investigation by the Environment Agency. The firm was previously fined £100,000 in 2016 for a similar offence in 2013 at the same site.
New report says sewage discharge notifications by water companies rose 87.6% in 2020/21
A new report by campaigning group Surfers Against Sewage has revealed that 5,517 sewage discharge notifications were issued by water companies over a 12-month period (01.10. 2020 to 30.09.2021) - an increase of 87.6%.
Wessex Water develops new strategy which will “revolutionise regulation” of the water sector
Wessex Water has published a new report setting out a new strategy developed in collaboration with Frontier Economics which it says will revolutionise regulation of the water industry.
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South West Water explores new approach to sludge dewatering in UK-first municipal trial
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards. -
Uniwater strengthens its UK presence with acquisition of Hy‑Ram Engineering
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England. -
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd in new collaboration for Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal
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. -
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.
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