The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) has welcomed Ofwat’s announcement that it will be recommending the phased opening up to competition of contestable water and sewerage markets.

Ofwat has published the second part of its review of competition in the water and sewerage sectors. Ofwat is recommending that contestable water and sewerage markets are opened to competition where it will benefit consumers.

New powers allowing councils to financially penalise utility companies which fail to give proper notice that they intend to dig up the roads have come into force.

Ofwat has responded to Defra’s Improving Surface Water Drainage consultation as part of the Government’s water strategy, Future Water.

Applications from Northumbrian Water to vary the treatment of sewage discharges from six sewage works in the north east will not be 'called in' for a decision by the Secretary of State for the Environment.

The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) has published its response to the Defra consultation on phosphates in domestic laundry cleaning products in England.

Defra and the UK dairy industry have launched a Milk Roadmap that aims to reduce the environmental impacts of producing and consuming liquid milk.

The United Kingdom Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG) which provides coordinated advice on technical aspects of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the United Kingdom has added two new documents to its website.