Hooray for the super sewer! But it won’t clean up the Thames alone Opinion The super sewer is here! But it's not a silver bullet to cleaning up the River Thames, writes the Port of London Authority's Robin Mortimer.
Water bills set for hefty hike as Ofwat judgement looms Water The water regulator Ofwat is set to allow bills to rise by at least 21 per cent in the next five years, as part of its long-awaited decision on the financial future of the scandal-hit industry on Thursday. Ofwat will reveal its final determination for how much water firms are allowed to hike their bills [...]
Water firms to be forced to increase customer compensation for failures Business The changes come after a series of outages earlier in May left tens of thousands of homes in Brixham without clean drinking water.
Pennon blames sewage leaks and pollution on ‘exceptionally high’ groundwater September 26, 2024 Water firms leaked over one trillion litres of water last year, new analysis from the Observer revealed earlier in the year.
Water firms’ industry body: Dividend payouts haven’t affected infrastructure investment September 1, 2024 Water companies would be in a similar state today even if they hadn't paid out millions in dividends, the boss of their industry body claimed.
Water regulator welcomes plan to boost customer compensation August 12, 2024 The water industry watchdog has said it “welcomes” the government’s plan to increase compensation for customers receiving poor services from water companies.
Moody’s slaps Thames Water’s debt with ‘junk’ rating July 24, 2024 Moody’s Ratings has lowered Thames Water’s highest tranche of debt to 'junk' in another blow to the struggling water firm.
King’s Speech: Ofwat will get new powers to tackle rogue water firms July 17, 2024 Ofwat will be granted fresh powers to ban bonus payments to water firm executives, who could also be held criminally liable for lawbreaking, according to a new bill outlined in the King’s Speech today.
Starmer: Nationalising debt-laden Thames Water ‘not consistent’ with our fiscal rules July 8, 2024 Nationalising Thames Water would “not be consistent” with Labour’s fiscal rules, the Prime Minister’s spokesman has said.
Supreme Court rules canal company can sue United Utilities over sewage dumping July 2, 2024 The Supreme Court has ruled that a canal company can bring a civil lawsuit against the UK’s largest listed water company, United Utilities, over discharge of sewage