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David Lloyd first leisure group to apply for self-supply licence

The leisure centre operator, which has 99 sites in the UK, will partner with Waterscan. The move has been welcomed as the leisure sector is currently under-represented in the water market,

Pow challenges water companies to better protect environment

Understanding the scale of water poverty

Despite Ofwat's push to lower water bills, millions of households still find them unaffordable. The sector has committed to make worrying about bills a thing of the past and is taking the first step towards that with a common metric for calculating water poverty. Utility Week explores what is involved

Anglian calls for longer-term resource planning

Thames’ home visits save 117Ml of wastewater reaching rivers

Thames Water has visited thousands of homes to find and fix wrongly connected domestic appliances as part of a programme to reduce the amount of wastewater that re-enters waterways

Public vastly underestimate their water consumption

The majority of householders have no conception of how much water they use, with 78 per cent believing they consume under 60 litres a day. This is according to a new survey from Water UK, which says the results underline the need for education around the value of water to help people lower their usage.

Preliminary work underway at Havant Thicket

Call to extend mandatory SuDS standards to England

Advice on sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) should be ‘prominent, clear and unequivocal’ according to a review of surface water and flooding by Defra, which calls for SuDS requirements in force in Wales to be extended into England

CMA ‘on track’ to deliver PR19 redeterminations next month

The Competition and Markets Authority has told Utility Week it expects to hit its deadline of mid-September to deliver its first take on the appeals by four water companies to Ofwat's final determinations on their AMP7 business plans. All eyes will be on any adjustments to WACC, what value is placed on customer input and the levels of investment permitted.

Lockdown adds months and millions to Tideway