Ruth Williams

Sludge efficiency challenges could be introduced at PR24

Call for water efficiency spend to be doubled at PR24

Weekend press round-up: ‘Biggest ever’ CfD round opens

Canadian pension fund invests $300m in Octopus

On the move: Anglian appoints head of new environment arm

Severn Trent fined £1.5m for pollution offences

Southern underperforms against key AMP7 targets

Southern Water's interim results for the first six months of 2021/22 show the business is behind on a series of key targets and has already exceeded its annual maximum number of sewer flooding incidents following a particularly wet summer season. The company, which welcomed a new majority shareholder in September when Macquarie invested more than £1 billion, has set out it strategies to improve across all indicators.

Funding approved for 15 RAPID schemes

Ofwat mulls protections against ‘risky’ financial structures

Ofwat has set out options to protect customers from water company financing risks as part of a consultation following its financial resilience report last month. The regulator has proposed measures including raising the minimum standards of credit quality, strengthening expectations on dividend payments being linked to performance and increasing transparency.

Temporary water retail price cap rise proposed