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Tideway issues first blue bond in sterling
London super sewer builder Tideway has claimed a financing first: becoming the first corporate to issue a ‘blue bond’ in sterling. Blue...
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Jun 291 min read
Ten-year infrastructure strategy seeks to boost UK attractiveness and productivity
HM Treasury’s UK infrastructure: a ten-year strategy has set out a new approach to delivering infrastructure across the country. The...
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Jun 222 min read
Industry asks CMA to rethink de-prioritising asset health from its redeterminations
Water UK has pushed back on the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision to exclude asset health reassessment from its PR24...
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Jun 221 min read
Water fines to be ring-fenced for local watercourse improvements
The Government has given the go-ahead for water company fines to be invested in local water remediation projects, rather than being sent...
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Jun 221 min read
Non-potable reuse of rainwater championed in new sustainable drainage standards
Defra stopped short of mandating the use of sustainable drainage systems when it issued new national standards last week. That...
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Jun 221 min read
SESRO deemed nationally significant as Thames consults on Teddington recycling
Secretary of state Steve Reed has designated the South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) as nationally significant. This will...
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Jun 221 min read
Demand reduction must fill up to 80% of the water supply gap before 2040
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...
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Jun 222 min read
EFRA quizzes Sir Jon Cunliffe
Sir Jon Cunliffe was questioned last week by Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee members on both the Water Commission’s...
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Jun 223 min read
MPs find water sector is failing and “deaf to the crisis” it is facing
The water industry and Ofwat, even after years of relentless criticism, are “deaf to the crisis the sector is facing”. That’s according...
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Jun 223 min read
Other stories from last week
An Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) report has declared that Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) can play a crucial role in...
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Jun 223 min read
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