South East Water executives and regulators recalled by EFRA Committee to discuss outages and historic failings
The Chief Executive and Chair of South East Water (SEW), together with the chiefs of Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate and the Consumer Council for Water, will appear before the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affais (EFRA) Committee for further questioning next week on 14th April as part of its Reforming the water sector inquiry.
Thames Water issues Ninth Consent Requests to secure further funding of £205 million in April 2026
Thames Water has announced the launch today of a ninth set of consent requests relating to the continued availability of the Super Senior Issuer funding - if granted, the consents will allow the company to draw a further £205 million of the Facility in April 2026.
Industry-backed initiative seeks to address Regulation 31 testing bottleneck and build stronger UK testing market
A new industry-backed initiative is seeking to address a current bottleneck in the UK water sector : the limited capacity for Regulation 31 (Reg31) testing, a critical requirement for products and materials used in contact with drinking water.
Water UK - are water companies able to spend enough on maintaining their assets?
Water UK, the organisation which represents all the UK water companies is asking whether they are able to spend enough on maintaining their assets following a conference of engineers, economists and government policy officials in London last month.
Government accelerates planning and regulatory approvals for two major clean energy projects
With the conflict in the Middle East driving instability across global fuel markets, the government says it is taking action to strengthen Britain's long-term energy independence and deliver clean homegrown power by appointing a Lead Environmental Regulator for Sizewell C and Lighthouse Green Fuels.
Anglian Water saves 10 million litres of fat from entering East of England sewers
Anglian Water and Environmental Compliance and Services (ECAS) have saved the East of England’s sewers from 10 million litres of fat, preventing avoidable blockages and helping protect homes, businesses and the environment from flooding and pollution.
Yorkshire Water progresses multi million pound AMP8 mains replacement work
Yorkshire Water is progressing work on a number of AMP8 mains replacement projects, including a £4.5 million water mains replacement scheme in Calderdale.
Severn Trent tenders £1.44 billion AMP8 Framework for tunnelling, drilling & shaft works for Build Only and Design & Build
Severn Trent Water has gone out to tender on behalf of itself and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig with a major AMP8 Framework contract for Tunnelling, Drilling & Shaft Works for Build Only and Design & Build with an estimated total value of £1.44 billion including VAT.
Severn Trent Water tenders £17.28 million AMP8 framework contract for core networks services
Severn Trent Water has gone out to tender on behalf of itself and sister company Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig with an AMP8 contract for core networks services with an estimated total value of £17.28 million (inc VAT).
Ofwat warns water companies over excessive increases in pay and retention payments without sufficient justification
Helen Campbell, Executive Director, Delivery at Ofwat, has written to the Remuneration Committee Chairs of the English and Welsh water companies warning them that excessive increases in base pay, retention payments or other types of remuneration without sufficient justification and transparency could undermine Ofwat’s objective of rebuilding public trust.
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Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets. -
Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
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.
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