The Environment Agency has applied for a drought order that would enable it, for six months, to reduce the compensation flow required...

Flame retardant chemicals in drinking water “are likely to present no appreciable risk to human health”. That’s according to a study from...

Bar one mention of the need for the Fens and Abingdon reservoirs to be built to prevent industrial and residential development being held...

The High Court has granted River Action permission to proceed to a full court hearing in its challenge against Ofwat over customers...

David Satti, who has been acting as interim chief executive of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) since March 2024, has...

The Water Special Measures Act requirement for water companies to publish and report on Pollution Incident Reduction Plans (PIRPs) came...

Following its full-year results announcement, the Anglian Water management team held a results presentation to unpack the year to 31...

One of the financing issues facing UK water companies is that they are not only competing with their energy network peers for debt...

The introduction of a domestic rates levy alongside the creation of a dedicated wastewater infrastructure fund bankrolled by the UK and...

London super sewer builder Tideway has claimed a financing first: becoming the first corporate to issue a ‘blue bond’ in sterling. Blue...

HM Treasury’s UK infrastructure: a ten-year strategy has set out a new approach to delivering infrastructure across the country. The...

Water UK has pushed back on the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision to exclude asset health reassessment from its PR24...

The Government has given the go-ahead for water company fines to be invested in local water remediation projects, rather than being sent...

Defra stopped short of mandating the use of sustainable drainage systems when it issued new national standards last week. That...

Secretary of state Steve Reed has designated the South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) as nationally significant. This will...

We will be short of at least 6bn litres of water a day by 2055 without urgent action, according to the Environment Agency’s (EA) updated...

Sir Jon Cunliffe was questioned last week by Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee members on both the Water Commission’s...

The water industry and Ofwat, even after years of relentless criticism, are “deaf to the crisis the sector is facing”. That’s according...

An Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) report has declared that Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) can play a crucial role in...

Anglian Water (Osprey) Financing has provided a positive performance update, exceeding targets for its Sustainability Linked Bond (SLB)...

Defra has issued a Call for Evidence on expanding the role of the private sector in nature recovery . It sought views on how Government...

The Defra settlement from last week’s Spending Review provides total administrative funding of between £7.3bn and £7.5bn per year from...

A key Northern Ireland (NI) spending watchdog has warned Stormont that publicly owned NI Water urgently needs a new funding model or...

Last week, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill concluded its Report and Third Reading stages in the House of Commons. The Government...

The Strategic Panel has given the go-ahead for a new smart meter data-sharing hub to be created for the non-household market. Nearly...

As Anglian Water reported full-year results to March 31 2025, it pledged to improve its performance and not to pay dividends to its...

(Figure 1 source: Ofwat) Ofwat is consulting until 5 September on introducing a new licence condition to require water companies to...

Yorkshire has joined the North West in formal drought status. The county received 66% of the long-term average May rainfall and Yorkshire...

Water scarcity could cost the economy £8.5bn in lost commercial growth over the next five years, which is 3.5% of total Office of Budget...

Water Resources South East (WRSE) and Water Resources West (WRW) published their final regional plans last week, ahead of the Environment...

Despite the siren voices of the press indicating that Thames may have reached the end of the road for private ownership and be taken into...

Defra has indicated that six water companies will be prevented from paying bonuses for the 2024-25 financial year, after Ofwat took...

Northumbrian Water will fund a £15.7m enforcement package to settle Ofwat’s wastewater investigation. Ofwat found the company – which was...

A mandated laboratory for Regulation 31 compliance testing, and the independence and resources to secure sufficiently expert staff, are...

The Public Accounts Committee will take evidence on water sector regulation today, from 3.30pm. The witnesses are the leaders of Ofwat,...

Quick read summary – by Karma Loveday Regulatory ‘account managers’ for water companies and new duties on water management teams feature...

Moody’s has changed South East Water's (SEW) credit rating outlook to stable and affirmed its Baa3 ratings. This reflected the commitment...

As Welsh Water released its full-year results, its chairman commented that it has been a challenging year for the business. Management...

Pennon’s share price fell by 7% in the week that management announced loss-making full-year results. The group announced a loss before...

KKR has withdrawn from buying Thames Water. Ofwat’s recent partial clarity on fines and remedial work, much of which will be funded by...

Regulatory ‘account managers’ for water companies and new duties on water management teams feature alongside the widely expected themes...

Southern Water has published and sent its Final Draft Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) to the secretary of state for approval. The...

Thames Water has issued a tender notice for the tunnelling and connection works for its Teddington Direct River Abstraction project,...

Clean water campaigners have declared no confidence in the Independent Water Commission as it stands.   In a letter to chair Sir Jon...

Anglian Water shareholders have provided unconditional and legally binding commitments to inject £500m into the Anglian Water Group,...

Defra has designated two new reservoir projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire as ‘nationally significant,’ lifting them out of the...

The Environment Agency (EA) has formally declared a drought in the North West of England. River flows, groundwater levels and reservoir...

Ofwat has confirmed its draft decisions on fines for Thames Water. There are two elements: a £104.5m penalty for breaches of rules...

PR24 scored six out of ten from a customer perspective, the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) has said in a lessons learned from the...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has asked for views by 11 June on its approach and prioritisation plan for the PR24 price...