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Water prices in England and Wales from April 2007
Water UK offers an explanation on water charges for customers in England and Wales in 2007-08…
Water pollution costs Newcastle firm £16,000
A Newcastle company was fined £15,000 at Newcastle Upon Tyne Magistrates Court last week for a pollution offence at Dewley Burn.
Water Industry Commission for Scotland begins process to revoke Aquavitae’s licences to trade
The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) is starting the process to revoke Aquavitae’s licences as a response to the company entering administration - but the Commission also sees increasing signs that customers are benefiting from the new market arrangements
Water friendly farming initiative enters new phase
Environment Minister Phil Woolas has announced that the next phase of a programme to help farmers tackle the causes of harmful water pollution is taking shape.
Water competition comes to Scotland
Scottish Water's right to monopolise the market ended yesterday with more than 100,000 businesses and public bodies, such as local authorities, hospitals, schools etc. now free to choose from whom they buy their water and sewerage services, in a radical move that is being hailed as a world first for the water sector.
Water company contractor fined for South Devon sewage spill
A water company contractor has been ordered to pay £9,736 in fines and costs after sewage leaked into the sea on a Blue Flag beach at Dawlish at the start of the town’s annual carnival and the height of the bathing season
Water companies in England and Wales still have much work ahead despite improved performa
Water companies in England and Wales still have much work ahead of them – despite improving performance and pumping over £4.3 billion into maintaining existing assets and investing in new facilities in 2006-2007, according to Ofwat.
Water companies failing to invest in research
The Sainsbury Review of Science and Innovation has concluded the water companies have been forced to reduce investment in new technologies as a result of delivering price cuts.
Water companies deliver improvements
Water Services Regulation Authority Ofwat for water and sewerage companies in England and Wales has said that latest results show the companies have delivered improvements to customer services and the environment.
Water companies accused of serious pollution
The water companies have come in for serious criticism in yesterday’s Sunday Times, which has accused them of dumping unlimited amounts of raw sewage from 3500 overflow pipes into more than 80 rivers and along sections of the coast.
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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. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
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.
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