03 Mar 2022
On 18 November 2021, the Environment Agency and Ofwat announced major investigations into potential widespread non-compliance by water and sewerage companies at sewage treatment works. Below is an update from the EA on progress: The investigations were launched after companies revealed to us that they may be in breach of their permit conditions. This issue […]
30 Jun 2021
From the Guardian The head of the Environment Agency has called for the government to reinstate a £120m grant to help increase surveillance of water companies and cut pollution in rivers. Sir James Bevan, the chief executive of the agency, told MPs that water companies and the farming industry, the two main polluters of rivers, were not […]
16 Apr 2019
From www.waterinnovationfund.com Water companies from around the globe have joined forces to form the World Water Innovation Fund, which aims to find, develop and accelerate the ground-breaking technologies that will make a real difference to peoples’ lives across the world. The ambitious multi-million pound fund aims to pool the intellect, resources and funding of some […]
19 Dec 2018
New research shows water companies in England & Wales outperform comparable water sectors in Europe Water companies in England and Wales perform better than their main European counterparts, according to a new report examining the quality of water and wastewater utilities in six European countries over the past 28 years, based on six key service performance […]
06 Jun 2018
Prince Charles popped down the road from Highgrove to speak at a Water Summit, which helped launch a Catchment Management Declaration. Over 60 organisations including businesses such as M&S, Nestlé, Coca Cola and Asda as well as number of water companies including Anglian Water, Thames Water and Yorkshire Water, have agreed to step up action […]
08 Mar 2018
This is a truly astonishing speech which goes to the heart of the privatisation model. Nor is there any doubt about the driver for this which is the Labour Party commitment to renationalise the water industry. The Gove speech and the follow-up from Jonson Cox at Ofwat outline a very different scenario from business as […]
29 Nov 2017
Speaking at the Water 2017 event, Ofwat’s outgoing chief executive, Cathryn Ross said the water sector and other utilities are “ripe for a revolution”. She predicts a “radical shake-up” in how customers will buy utilities and home services. Ross suggested in the coming years customers would no longer have multiple providers for services such as […]
29 Nov 2017
Reported in Water Briefing, Ofwat says that a crackdown on leakage could save enough water for five cities. The regulator has urged water companies to go “much further” to cut down on leakage and has challenged the industry to save up to 170 billion litres of water a year by targeting leaks. Addressing the issue […]
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