Open Water has published the third draft iteration of the market architecture plan (MAP3) setting out in more detail the procedures  which will govern the interactions between wholesalers and retailers in the competitive retail market for non-household customers when it opens in April 2017.

A new report from the World Bank says that many countries in the Danube River basin face a double challenge of meeting the high standards of the European environmental acquis (the accumulated legislation, legal acts and court decisions which constitute EU law) while extending sustainable water services to all their citizens.

The UK Regulators Network, which counts Ofwat, Ofgem, the Civil Avlation Authority, Ofcom and the Office of Rail Regulation among its members, has published a report setting out the results of the first phase of its Cross-sector Resilience project and its plans for further work in phase two.

The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS), has decided to withdraw from the opening of the English water market to competition in April 2017, according a report in Utility Week this morning.

Water industry regulator Ofwat is establishing an interim panel to support the opening of the new non household retail market for water and wastewater services in April 2017 – and inviting applications for panel membership.

Ofwat has announced details of the next steps for the abstraction incentive mechanism (AIM) taskforce established earlier this month  - the water industry regulator is encouraging more organisations and other water companies to become members.

Bristol Water has launched a strong defence of its AMP6 Business Plan and a swingeing attack on Ofwat’s rejection of the company proposals, saying that the evidence the regulator used to come to its conclusion calls into question both the robustness of Ofwat’s business models and its ongoing failure to substantiate its criticisms.

In the first of a series of three Expert Focus articles for Waterbriefing, David Brown Vice President Europe at Gentrack, industry leader and specialist in CRM and billing software, examines the role of brokers in a reformed water market.