Business Stream, one of the UK’s leading water retailers has published an annual progress report for its industry-first Customer Care Charter, highlighting improvements in customer satisfaction, service standards and sustainability performance across the past year.
Ofwat has published the findings of from its customer care review of how water and wastewater companies in England and Wales supported customers affected by sewer flooding in 2024-25.
Wessex Water’s commitment to supporting customers has been rewarded with the BSI Kitemark for Inclusive Service.
Business Stream has launched a new industry-first Charter seeking to set a customer care standard within the water industry.
South East Water’s commitment to providing excellent services for its vulnerable customers has been once again recognised with a BSI Kitemark™certification.
Water customers around the country will benefit from significantly higher payments to compensate them for water company service failures, the Government has confirmed today, saying that water companies are “to be forced to double compensation for failures.”
ew research by Ofwat and the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), that questioned customers whose homes were flooded with sewage, shows wastewater companies must offer more support and better resolve problems when they occur.
Lynn Parker, Senior Director, Casework, Enforcement and Customers at Ofwat, writes about a suite of new reports that are designed to help water companies learn from good practice and drive up standards of customer service.
The Government has today launched a consultation to double reimbursement for water company customers when their basic water services are hit.
The latest customer research published by water sector regulator Ofwat and consumer watchdog CCW reveals that the vast majority of people do not trust water companies to do what’s right for the environment.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
ERG, the leading supplier of odour control systems and industrial gas cleaning & thermal systems, has been awarded the coveted King’s Award for Enterprise.