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Ofwat confirms funding for four strategic water projects

Ofwat confirms funding for four strategic water projects

Ofwat has confirmed it will continue to provide ring-fenced funding for further development of four strategic regional water resource projects in England following their assessment by the Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID). The regulator has issued its final decisions for the accelerated gate two of RAPID’s four gate development process for large-scale strategic schemes to provide resilient water supplies to drier parts of the country.

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Water sector calls for ‘urgent action’ to improve resilience

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Government accepts EAC recommendations on sewers

The government has declared its support for further investment in sewerage systems in England and Wales in its response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s damning report on water quality in rivers. However, the committee's recommendations to address pollution from agriculture and homebuilding, which both play a significant role in preventing rivers from achieving good ecological status, were not accepted.

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Anglian and SVT join forces to support regenerative farming

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People struggle to identify environmental impacts of water habits

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Affordability, resilience and fairness key for billpayers at PR24

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Wessex calls for regulatory reform to meet strategic outcomes

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Affinity launches TV campaign on leakage

Affinity Water has begun a television, radio and social media campaign to inform its customers of the work it does to find and fix leaks ahead of ramping up its water efficiency messaging. The company said its research had shown leakage rates were putting customers off from saving water.

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Water neutrality ‘back in vogue’

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Scottish Water forms research and innovation hub

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Ofwat awards £5.2m to innovation winners

Ofwat has named 13 projects that will be awarded a share of £5.2 million from its innovation fund for the second year of its Water Breakthrough Challenge. The projects will receive between £155,000 and £760,000 each to develop collaborative cross-sector innovations that improve water quality, reduce pollution and raise customer service levels as part of the competition's Catalyst Stream.

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United Utilities and Thames lay out river health ambitions

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Anglian sets out five-point innovation plan

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Anglian and Severn Trent make joint river commitments

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Severn Trent establishes global innovation hub network

Severn Trent is establishing innovation hubs globally to find solutions for common water sector problems from around the world, with an initial focus on reducing carbon emissions and lowering leakage rates. The first hub has been set up in Scandinavia with more to follow in Europe, Asia, North and South America as well as Australia and New Zealand

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UKWIR seeks research partners for 13 projects

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Affinity SOS campaign saves one billion litres of water

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Environment Agency raises abstraction licence charges

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Anglian protects eels with £8m WINEP investment

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Is it already too late for PR24?

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