The week in water from The Water Report

Fitch optimistic PR24 final decisions will help de-risk water for investors

Fitch Ratings expects Ofwat to shift significantly from its draft determination (DD) positions when it announces final determinations...

Dec 1, 20242 min read

Ofwat told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee last week that final allowed totex for 2025-30 is “likely to go up...

Dec 1, 20241 min read

“The strategy is missing,” chief drinking water inspector Marcus Rink told British Water’s annual conference last week when asked by the...

Dec 1, 20242 min read

Yorkshire Water has extended, by five years, its Strategic Planning Partnership with Stantec for the AMP8 period. The decision followed...

Nov 24, 20241 min read

Scotland’s principal environmental watchdog has reported that the highest recorded number of Scottish bathing waters will meet the top...

Nov 24, 20241 min read

Northern Ireland’s bathing water regulations need to be updated to improve the protection they provide to the public, according to a...

Nov 24, 20242 min read

I n its latest Policy Position Statement, the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) has issued an “urgent...

Nov 24, 20242 min read

The fraught political issue of domestic water charging in Northern Ireland has resurfaced following comments by the new Northern Ireland...

Nov 24, 20241 min read

The Data (Use and Access) Bill had its Second Reading in the Lords last week. Part three is on the national underground asset register...

Nov 24, 20241 min read

Ahead of the next update to River Basin Management Plans in 2027, the Environment Agency is running an initial consultation on who should...

Nov 24, 20241 min read