Two and a half months into what looks like a promising start to the new competitive retail water market, Water Plus Chief Executive Officer Sue Amies-King reflects on progress to date.
Following on from a consultation in February, Ofwat has now published its finalised principles for a voluntary code of conduct for Third Party Intermediaries (TPIs) to protect customers when the business retail market opens from 1st April 2017.
Ian Newcombe, Partner at national law firm Bond Dickinson LLP looks at some of the challenges that suppliers in the new retail water market will face and offers some practical tips on how to minimise their impact.
Water sector regulator Ofwat has launched a new consultation on its proposed principles for any voluntary codes of practice for Third Party Intermediaries for the business retail market, such as brokers or price comparison websites.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”