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Tom Andrewartha, water efficiency manager at Northumbrian, talks to Utility Week about the newly formed group for a joined-up campaign to change household habits around water in lockdown and beyond.
SES is using smart technology from Vodafone to monitor its networks and find leaks in the mains and in customers' homes.
After being rapped by Ofwat for missing leakage targets in AMP6, Thames has celebrated hitting its goals for 2019/20, largely thanks to the deployment of smart meters.
The sale of Viridor is expected to leave Pennon with a £2.5 billion war chest and the company has said it has been tracking acquisition potentials. Analysts have suggested the company could look towards a "transformative" deal to keep it in the FTSE 100.
A review of social tariffs in the water sector is needed to end a “postcode lottery” which will only be exacerbated by coronavirus, a water poverty charity has insisted.
Ofwat's chief executive has said that progress is now being made on leakage but admitted it has not always been treated as a high enough priority.
Water efficiency needs a message as simple to understand and follow as "stay home, save lives", according to the head of the Environment Agency (EA). James Bevan said there were lessons from the Covid-19 crisis in terms of the significant behavioural changes accepted by the public when the urgency of the issue was clearly communicated.
Ofwat boss Rachel Fletcher said Thames is set to meet its leakage target in 2020 as the company announced water efficiency savings made by customers during lockdown by finding and fixing household leaks
The trade body for the water industry has urged householders to be mindful of their usage at peak times as demand reached its highest ever point amid the continued lockdown and sunny weather. According to data from Water UK, people are currently using an average of 20 per cent more water, with some areas seeing up to a 40 per cent increase.