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.”

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is warning that time is running out for the Government toprogress its ambition to improve the natural environment "within a generation" and that it must “move on from aspirational words” and start “taking the hard decisions.”

Water sector regulator Ofwat has today announced the appointment of David Black as its interim Chief Executive following Rachel Fletcher’s decision to take up a new role in the energy sector.

Ofwat has launched a new consultation on proposed guidance and proposed licence modifications to the licences of Portsmouth Water and Southern Water to facilitate the development, construction and operation of the Havant Thicket reservoir.

Ofwat has today confirmed in its final decisions that the four strategic regional water resource solutions designed to serve Hampshire and proposed by Bristol Water, Southern Water and Wessex Water and Portsmouth Water have passed through accelerated gate one – its first checkpoint.