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11 Jun 2026

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Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash   The Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) has launched a consultation on expanding its authority beyond water supply to include wastewater and other strategically important infrastructure schemes. The move follows recommendations in the Independent Water Commission report and an explicit endorsement in the government White Paper. The […]

11 Jun 2026

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Image description: Raindrops hitting the ground. Photo by Abhishek Tewari on Unsplash   El Niño could have a sudden and chaotic impact on weather patterns right across the globe, a Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) climate expert has warned. An El Niño weather pattern raises global temperatures and worsens rainfall in some regions, and the World Meteorological […]

11 Jun 2026

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Photo by Iain on Unsplash   Welsh Water is facing a £44.7 million enforcement package from Ofwat even as it commits £617 million to infrastructure spending in its first year of an ambitious transformation programme. The regulator formalised the package in June, following an investigation into wastewater asset failures, requiring the company to fund measures […]

11 Jun 2026

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Image description: A pole with a sign that says polling station. Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash   Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester’s mayor and Labour’s candidate for the Makerfield by-election, has said public ownership of Thames Water is the right approach, citing the company’s pattern of regulatory failures and ongoing financial crisis. Speaking to Newsnight, he […]

04 Jun 2026

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Image description: The pull handle on a lavatory. Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay   A hidden enforcement gap Misconnected household pipes, washing machines, dishwashers, sinks or toilets accidentally plumbed into surface water drains rather than the foul sewer, let untreated wastewater flow directly into rivers, streams and the sea. Although discharging foul water into a surface water […]

04 Jun 2026

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Image description: The overflow plughole on Ladybower reservoir in full flow. Peak District, England. Photo by Jonathan Bean on Unsplash   Why it matters Ofwat has launched a consultation on new draft guidance for water companies delivering schemes under the Specified Infrastructure Projects Regulations 2013 (SIPR), the framework originally used to deliver the Thames Tideway Tunnel. In […]

04 Jun 2026

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Photo by Jonathan Cooper on Unsplash   Communication, not supply, was the breakdown A new report jointly commissioned by Ofwat and the Consumer Council for Water has concluded that communication, rather than supply failure itself, was the clearest and most consistent breakdown in South East Water’s response to two major disruptions last winter. Fewer than one in […]