Water UK’s chief executive has urged utility companies to sign up to the UN-backed Race to Zero on the first anniversary of its launch. South West and Welsh Water now join United Utilities, Anglian and Severn Trent in the decarbonisation pledge. From Water UK Water industry marks first anniversary as new members join Race to […]
Ofwat has set out £2.8 billion in green recovery investment plans for the water sector which includes £850 million for completely new projects by 5 water companies and a further £1.9 billion of accelerated AMP7 & AMP8 future planned projects by 12 water companies in total. Severn Trent Water, South Staffs Water, South West Water, Thames Water, and United […]
New Environment Bill provisions to tackle storm overflows – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The Environment Bill will include new legal duties to tackle sewage discharges into rivers and help protect our waterways. Three new measures on storm overflows, announced last month by Defra, will be added by government amendment to the Environment Bill later this year. The Bill […]
Ofwat publishes Regulatory Accounting Guidelines for reporting of emissions From Ofwat In our ‘Consultation on regulatory reporting – Responses document’, and the accompanying Information Notice (IN 20/08), we provided notice of, and reasons for, changes relating to how we would like companies to report on their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions for 2020-21. This document reiterates […]