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Yorkshire Water has added 33,000m2 of integrated wetlands at its wastewater treatment plant at Pontefract that treat excess surface water through 22,000 plants to replicate natural filtration processes to clean wastewater. The site also features phosphorus removal as part of the company's commitment to strip nutrients from final effluent to…
3 months ago
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The five water companies that chose to appeal Ofwat's cuts to their business plans appear to have won important concessions from the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), Utility Week understands. In its preliminary findings due to be published next week, the CMA is expected to increase the weighted average cost…
3 months ago
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Ofwat is considering changing how water charges are structured for non-household customers to remove reductions for high consumption users. It suggested a balance between cost to serve and the environmental impact of conserving water may be more appropriate in the context of water scarcity and suggested alternative tariff options.
4 months ago
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Lawrence Gosden, the chief executive at Southern Water, has defended the use of incentives in the business to motivate and retain the best quality staff. He told a customer panel that he had "really struggled" with his decision to accept a bonus, which was paid by shareholders not billpayers for…
4 months ago
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The team behind the water industry's first project to sign a Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) contract recounts its journey to this point. They cite a need to engage early and collaborate with regulators through the completely novel process that will pave the way for subsequent major infrastructure to follow.
4 months ago
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The first major project in the water sector to be built under the direct procurement for customers (DPC) model has moved a step closer to breaking ground. United Utilities has signed a landmark agreement with Cascade Infrastructure to deliver the £3 billion refurbishment of the Haweswater Aqueduct.
4 months ago
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The number of incidents reported to the Drinking Water Inspectorate rose by 40% over five years, according to the regulator's most recent report. The annual paper also showed that more than half of those were caused by situations outside of a water company's control.
5 months ago
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As millions more households are hit with hosepipe bans, Ofwat has launched its search for a partner to deliver long-term water efficiency measures. Responding to the announcement, Utility Week's water correspondent Ruth Williams writes that there is an urgent need for a total shift in how we all think about water…
5 months ago
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Thames Water has reduced the disruption communities experience from street works by coordinating essential works with other utility and infrastructure providers in a dig once approach. Thames said it has saved 1,068 days in six years including at a scheme in Crystal Palace, which saved 28 days of disruption alone.
6 months ago
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Southern Water has secured £1.2 billion of further equity from shareholders Macquarie to halve its debt and fund the company's investment programme for the coming five years. The Australian infrastructure investor has committed more than £2.8 billion in the water company since 2021.
6 months ago
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed streamlining its approach to redetermining business plans for the five water companies that appealed their PR24 rulings. The body said time pressures and the complexity of the process has necessitated prioritising those issues that have the biggest impact on customers.
7 months ago
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The quality of water companies’ PR24 business plans were hampered by complex and inconsistent regulatory frameworks, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. In a scathing report, the watchdog criticises regulation of the water sector for its complexity, inconsistencies in approach and a lack of coordination. The NAO report also calls…
8 months ago
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Energy retailers could be penalised if they fail to provide 24/7 assistance for customers whose power is cut off due to a fault with their meter. New rules being introduced by Ofgem will require suppliers to provide round-the-clock support for customers so they can report a meter fault that has interrupted…
9 months ago
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Ofwat's director of environment and innovation has warned that value will leak out from investments made by water companies if the infrastructure sector does not become more productive. Jo Jolly, who has worked across infrastructure roles, warned of an overreliance and dependence on a sector with the "worst productivity"
9 months ago
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South Staffs and Cambridge Water has appointed a former British Gas vice president as its new managing director following the departure of Andy Willicott in December. It comes as UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has appointed a new chief executive to its business.
10 months ago
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Anger at the actions of the water industry continues to dominate the national media in our last weekend press of 2024. Bill rises set against performance challenges were crticised together with Southern Water's outage; elsewhere the former energy minister Claire Coutinho strikes out at Labour's nuclear policy, and the cost…
12 months ago
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Water companies should have to instate at least one environmental expert to their respective boards, MPs have said. A pair of Liberal Democrat MPs issued the call during a debate on sewage discharges. They claim that having environmental experts in board positions will ensure environmental concerns are front and centre…
about 1 year ago
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Ofwat has been accused of having “lost the plot on the environment” by the ex-chief executive of the Environment Agency during a House of Lords debate on the Water Special Measures Bill. The comments came as peers were debating amendments to the bill to require the water regulator and the…
about 1 year ago
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Thames Water has twice changed its plans for safeguarding water supplies to London after community objections to the impact of the drought resilience scheme on residents in west London.
over 1 year ago
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Scottish Water has been warned that the quality of its drinking water is at risk due to the current scale and pace of investment in the maintenance and replacement of its assets being "simply not sufficient". The Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland (DWQR) made the comments in its annual…
over 1 year ago
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In our roundup of the weekend's national news coverage of the utilities sectors, Macquarie buys up the remaining shares of National Gas; Labour's tax proposals could make waves in the North Sea; and environment secretary Steve Reed states Thames Water will not be nationalised, despite reports it could defer on…
over 1 year ago
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