Highly critical EFRA Committee report says senior leadership in water sector and regulatory system have failed - "root and branch reform" needed
A highly critical new report by the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is warning that a failing water sector in which “water companies increasingly look like financial institutions rather than businesses servicing monopolised critical infrastructure” is in need of “root and branch reform”.
Thames Water - current performance falls short of expectations due to deteriorating asset health, weather and cost pressures
Thames Water has said that its current performance is falling short of expectations due to deteriorating asset health, climatic events and cost pressures.
Pennon Group raises dividend – despite fall from profit of £127.7m in 2021/22 to pretax loss of £8.5m in 2022/23
Pennon Group, owner of South West Water, Bournemouth Water and Bristol Water, has raised its final dividend in line with its dividend policy– despite falling from a profit of £127.7 million in 2021/22 to a pretax loss of £8.5 million in 2022/23 in “an extraordinary year” which has tested its operational resilience.
Ofwat consults on proposals to introduce tighter measures on water company executive bonuses
Water sector regulator Ofwat has outlined new plans intended to ensure customers do not fund executive bonus payments where they have not been sufficiently earned through the company's performance for customers and the environment.
Ofwat - latest assessments identify worst performing water and wastewater companies on operational performance
Ofwat has today published its annual assessment of company operational performance and a summary of the financial resilience of companies - Northumbrian Water, Southern Water, South West Water, Thames Water, Welsh Water and Yorkshire Water have been named as the worst performing companies operationally.
Increasing inflationary environment sees S&P Global Ratings revise outlook for South East Water debt to negative
S&P Global Ratings has revised its outlook for South East Water (Finance) Ltd.’s debt to negative from stable, as high inflation weights on the company’s credit metrics.
Ofwat : water companies make progress in cutting leaks, but more to do on pollution, flooding and outages
Water companies have made progress towards meeting challenging targets set by the regulator to tackle issues such as leakage, but some companies’ environmental records are still not good enough, according to the latest annual assessment of water companies’ performance by Ofwat.
Sludge treatment tech delivers major cost savings for big food & beverage manufacturers
On-site sludge treatment technology is offering big food and drink manufacturing companies the opportunity to make major cost savings, improve environmental performance and achieve significant operational benefits – and all with a payback of less than two years.
Ofwat expects transparency from water companies in annual performance reporting
Ofwat has set out its expectations for the way it expects all monopoly water companies to report on their annual performance for 2017-18.
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Sulzer launches global Water Treatment Center of Excellence for integrated water solutions
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner. -
Pumps prove to be smooth operators for Anglian Water
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000. -
Owen Mace takes over as Director of BPF Plastic Pipes Group
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group. -
Ledbury engineering firm strengthens senior team as demand for water process systems grows
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
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