Thames Water faces calls to be put into Special Administration Regime amid swingeing criticism in House of Commons
Thames Water came in for swingeing criticism from MPs in Parliament in response to Emma Reynolds, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, ministerial statement to the House of Commons yesterday.
Defra sets out how it assessed £100 billion cost of nationalising the water sector
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has set out how it estimated that nationalising the water industry would cost approximately £100 billion.
SAS Water Quality Report 2025 warns “sewage is being dumped into rivers and seas on scale that defies belief”
Campaigning organisation Surfers Against Sewage has today published its latest Water Quality Report, saying that the report reveals that “sewage is being dumped into our rivers and seas on a scale that defies belief.”
Thames Water - Class A creditors approve waiver in STID Proposal to mitigate impact of Class B creditors
Thames Water Utilities Ltd has announced that the waiver contained in its STID Proposal (security trust and intercreditor deed) dated 20 December 2024 has been approved.by its majority Class A creditors.
S&P - AMP8 bill increases "stand in stark contrast" to AMP6 and AMP7 focus on cutting customer bills
S&P Global Ratings says that proposed bill increases set out in AMP8 business plans "stand in stark contrast" to the previous two price control periods AMP 6 and 7 when the focus was on customer bill reduction.
Fitch downgrades Thames Water IDR and senior secured debt to 'B' and revises Outlook to Negative
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Thames Water’s holding company Kemble Water Finance Limited's (Kemble) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B' from 'B+' and senior secured debt rating to 'B' from 'B+'. The Outlook on the IDR is Negative.
Moody's forecasts stable outlook for UK water sector over next 12-18 months
Moody’s Investor Service is forcasting a stable outlook for UK water companies over the next 12 to 18 months.
Gove warns water companies – “up your game or face the consequences”
Environment Secretary Michael Gove launched a wide-ranging attack on the water companies yesterday warning them they would need to raise their game on financing structures and operational performance, particularly leakage and pollution, or "face the consequences".
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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. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
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.”
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