Correspondence released by the House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee yesterday evening has raised even more questions for the Chair and CEO of Thames Water to answer about the water company’s financial affairs – and the Committee has now further extended its questions about their recent evidence to Environment Secretary Steve Reed and Ofwat Chief Executive David Black.

South Staffs Water has launched a new tariff offering a 60% discount for metered customers with a household income of £22,011 to £27,000 on the essential water they use every day.

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee will hear evidence in person later today from senior executives at Ofwat, Water UK, CCW, DEFRA and the Environment Agency as part of its current inquiry into water sector regulation.

The Environment Agency convened a National Drought Group meeting yesterday to discuss the latest outlook –  the expert group was told England has now experienced driest March, April and May since 1893.

Anglian Water has launched a preliminary market engagement exercise inviting suppliers to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) in an upcoming contract for the maintenance of dosing equipment for phosphorus removal.

Following a successful trial by Severn Trent of an innovative new technology developed by French firm SUEZ to help detect potential problems in its sewer network, the water company now intends to purchase the devices and recruit a team of operators. The SewerBall® technology helped Severn Trent engineers detect potential problems in its network of sewer pipes up to three times more quickly than by using traditional methods.