The week in water from The Water Report

Government commits to September response to OEP report which found rivers ‘off track’ on WFD targets

The Government has sent a holding response to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), following the latter’s May report A review...

Aug 4, 20242 min read

The Government has announced a “rapid review” of the 2023 Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and pledged to develop a new statutory...

Aug 4, 20242 min read

Water companies must urgently step up their efforts to diversify their workforces, if they are to recruit all the digital and physical...

Jul 28, 20241 min read

Northumbrian Water has reported that its recent Innovation Festival was “without doubt the biggest festival we have ever had,” attended...

Jul 28, 20241 min read

Thames Water has appointed Turner & Townsend Project Management, supported by Laing O’Rourke Delivery and Nichols Group, to assist with...

Jul 28, 20241 min read

Northumbrian Water has appointed UK-based smart technology and digital provider Connexin under a framework contract to create the network...

Jul 28, 20241 min read

Wholesalers and retailers approved four of the five special resolutions tabled by MOSL at its AGM on 22 July, regarding updating its...

Jul 28, 20242 min read

SES Business Water attracted significantly more complaints than any other retailer, per 10,000 supply points (SPIDs), according to CCW’s...

Jul 28, 20242 min read

Ofwat is to press on and introduce a cost recovery mechanism (CRM) that would allow business retailers who take on the customers of other...

Jul 28, 20241 min read

Moody's downgraded Thames Water’s credit ratings last week, citing Ofwat’s PR24 Draft Determination (DD) and Thames’ end-of-year results....

Jul 28, 20242 min read