Water Minister Richard Benyon MP promised that the Water White Paper would be published by December this year.
Affordability and bad debt – and their impact on customers - are key concerns for the water industry and Water UK has continued to point out that two key elements of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 have not yet been implemented.
The water industry is pressing for measures on social tariffs and bad debt to be implemented and is urging the government to bring forward guidance on section 44 of the Flood and Water Management Act (social tariffs) and regulations of section 45 of the Flood and Water Management Act (bad debt) as soon as possible.
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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.

Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.