25 May 2022
Ambitious, collaborative agenda needed to deliver for customers and the environment by 2050 White Paper from industry body Water UK sets out the sector’s vision for an improved water system in England by 2050 Without urgent action future generations will face significant challenges to maintain water supplies and tackle pressures on water quality and habitats […]
18 May 2022
From Defra In 2020, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency and Ofwat led a review of the water industry national environment programme (WINEP) ahead of the next price review (PR24). They wanted to ensure the next round of WINEP actions achieves greater environmental benefits for every pound invested by water companies […]
20 Apr 2022
From WaterBriefing In a water industry first, South East Water has launched a new consultation on its first draft 25 Year Environment Plan. The innovative plan sets out how fresh water only supplier, South East Water, will protect the environment for the next 25 years. The draft 25 Year Environment Plan is the first of […]
25 Jan 2022
Read more and download the consultation Our three strategic goals – to transform water company performance, to meet long-term challenges and to provide greater value for customers and the environment – continue to shape our programme for the coming year. Our key aim is for the water sector to provide the very best service to […]
11 Jan 2022
In advance of the World Water Tech Summit in London next month, water utilities share their industry predictions and offer a glimpse of their innovation objectives. Not surprisingly, there is a focus on net zero and climate change mitigation and adaptation, but also water reuse, digitalization and potentially the largest investment programme since privatization. Read […]
05 Jan 2022
The Financial Times has published two separate articles flagging up decades of under-investment by the water companies in their networks while paying £73 billion in dividends to shareholders. From Waterbriefing The articles draw on new research by the leading business publication which shows that six out of 10 companies increased their capital investment in the […]
12 Oct 2021
CCW has set out clear priorities for what we want to see from the 2024 Price Review (PR24), and what we intend do to help: Providing clarity through collaborative research Instead of each water company conducting its own research, we will help to facilitate centralised research across the industry. We hope that this will improve […]
05 Oct 2021
From Water UK Water industry calls for a wave of bathing rivers as part of a new national plan to improve the health of English rivers Water companies want government, agriculture, and other sectors to come together and help create a series of bathing rivers across the country Research shows the many sources of pollution […]
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