Ruth Williams

Senior departure announced as part of Ofwat reshuffle

Ofwat calls out companies over financial transparency

Ofwat has set out expectations for water companies to boost the transparency in how they present financial resilience planning, including making it clearer to stakeholders how stress testing is carried out. Meanwhile dividend payments were queried for not fully reflecting broader performance

Seven Trent hits SuDS milestone

What is there to celebrate in water?

After a challenging year for the water industry, there is a risk that companies shy away from celebrating their achievements. However, as seasoned sector watchers tell Utility Week, there remains a good story to tell about the hard work and dedication of water company staff over the past 12 months. Ruth Williams looks at how the sector is performing on deliverability, diversity, consumer engagement and collaborative working and where further progress can be made.

Anglian gets green light for next step of water transfer

Coffey told to ‘stop passing the buck’ on pollution

Reflecting on water successes

As entries come flooding in for the 2023 Water Industry Awards, we reflect on some of the 2022 winners and the projects that caught the judges' attention.

Bevan calls for fact-based water debate

Portsmouth awards £208m reservoir contracts

Extreme weather events drive up Affinity leaks