Ruth Williams

Anglian identifies sewer blockage hotspots

Anglian Water has dislodged four and a half tonnes of non-flushable items from a single stretch of sewer pipe as part of a project to identify blockage hotspots across its network

WICS: Regulation must be more flexible to meet climate goals

Weekend press round-up: Cost of compliance far outweighs the risk of getting caught

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, pollution of waterways has come under scrutiny along with the Environment Agency’s handling of pollution by farmers and water companies in recent years; an alliance of gas and oil giants has formed to speed up the decarbonisation of industry and power; Cadent pledges 40,000 meals for school children.

Covid forced 25% of water supply chain to cut jobs

Many businesses that supply goods and services to the water sector had to furlough staff during lockdown and a quarter had to make redundancies according to British Water's Lila Thompson who described the serious impact on the supply chain

Ofwat: CMA’s rate of return would cost billpayers £2bn

Fletcher: Customer engagement must increase for PR24

Government orders review into water affordability

One in 16 Pennon billpayers to become shareholders

Since offering its customers the opportunity to own a stake in the company, “tens of thousands” of householders have signed up for Pennon Group’s WaterShare+ scheme, the company's chief executive has told Utility Week.

Campaign to boost value of water launched

Fresh off the success of Water's Worth Saving, Waterwise has launched a month-long campaign to persuade people to value water more highly and use it more efficiently

Thames: ‘Growing PSR is getting the basics right’

Thames' priority services manager explains what the company must do to better understand the needs of its customers and to register 410,000 billpayers to its priority services by 2025