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Drought situation deteriorates
The East and West Midlands have joined Yorkshire and the North West in drought. Meanwhile prolonged dry weather status is affecting other...
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Jul 202 min read
Other stories from last week
Green groups have welcomed a series of proposed amendments to Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced by the...
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Jul 202 min read
Appointments and retirement
Peter Perry , the outgoing chief executive of Welsh Water, has taken up post as the chair of Spring , the innovation centre of excellence...
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Jul 201 min read
Wessex back in profit, paying dividends and hoping for higher totex allowances
Wessex Water’s annual report showed operating profit increased by 19% to £165m compared to revenues of £652.6m, up 13.6%. Profit before...
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Jul 201 min read
Southern Water reduces losses and grows investment
Southern Water reported a loss before tax of £16.6m compared to a higher loss of £73.3m the previous year in its new annual report. It...
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Jul 201 min read
EFRA Committee interrogates Thames on its equity raise decisions
Thames appeared again before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee last week, to comment on its equity-raising...
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Jul 202 min read
Thames: large exceptional items belie underlying progress
Thames Water published its annual report for 2024/2025 with a headline-generating reported loss before tax of £1,647m. This compared to a...
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Jul 202 min read
Defra announces water ombudsman as immediate step to bolster customer power
In an immediate move to bolster the position of customers in a reset water system, Defra has announced it will create a new water...
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Jul 202 min read
Government to pivot to a positive water narrative to support skills and AMP8 delivery
The Government has signalled a reset moment in its relationship with the water sector; of drawing a line under the challenging political...
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Jul 205 min read
SoS signals “a water revolution” ahead of Cunliffe recommendations this morning
Environment secretary Steve Reed told the Sunday morning political broadcast round that “our water sector is absolutely broken” and needs...
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Jul 203 min read
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