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Thames accused of being unprepared after thousands cut off

Thames Water should have been better prepared for disruption caused by Storm Ciaran, CCW has said, after thousands of homes were left without water. More than a dozen schools were unable to open on Monday (6 November) with an estimated 12,000 homes cut off due to ongoing problems with Thames' Shalford treatment centre.

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Environment Agency strikes called off at 11th hour

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Scottish Water CEO: We must heed underinvestment lessons from England

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Chris Whitty says sewerage legislation overlooks health

England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty has called out MPs for overlooking human health issues when drafting legislation relating to sewerage. Whitty called for a refocus on health within wastewater legislation, which is currently framed around environmental targets.

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‘Forever chemicals’ could be the next big scandal

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Anglian lays out £27m sewerage overhaul

Anglian Water has announced plans for a £27 million upgrade to water and sewerage infrastructure in Peterborough including £10 million on storm tanks to increase storage capacity in the network. The company said it is part of a £100 million spending drive to grow capacity across its region in the east of England to relieve the use of storm overflows during times of heavy rainfall.

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Environment Agency vows to ramp up water checks

The Environment Agency will transform how it regulates the water sector by “significantly” increasing its inspections to ensure compliance by companies. Chair of the organisation, Alan Lovell, said the regulator will be investing in "new specialist officers, data and tools which will significantly increase the time we are able to spend on regulating the water industry”.

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Spending on waterways is ‘skewed’ towards CSOs

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Davy: CSOs weren’t talked about five years ago

Flexibility in water regulation is required to ensure companies can react to evolving consumer expectations such as sewer overflows, Susan Davy, head of Pennon has argued. She noted that overflows, which politicians and regulators made an investment priority for water and sewerage companies, were not being talked about five years ago when plans for PR19 were being made.

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Welsh Water to spend £40M on ‘significant’ sewage problems

Welsh Water will spend £41 million replacing a faulty sewage treatment plant, upgrading four other sites and reducing the number of spills from sewer overflows in south west Wales. The work is needed to address "significant compliance issues" identified by regulator Natural Resources Wales (NRW) at Cardigan.

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Southern launches business water efficiency fund

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Lords call for ‘single, powerful regulator’ for water sector

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Plastic wet wipes ban edges closer

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PR24: Anglian seeks spending boost to £9bn

Anglian Water has proposed to spend more than £9 billion over the next asset management period – an increase of more than two thirds when compared to £5.3 billion of total expenditure allowed by Ofwat in its final determinations for PR19. Under its PR24 business plan for 2025 to 2030, the company said its expenditure on the environment would more than double to around £4 billion.

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Customer support low for decarbonising water industry

Despite low customer support in decarbonising water assets, the sector has proposed spending £1.3 billion in the next asset management period (AMP8) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as it works towards operational net zero in 2030 and true net zero by 2050. Utility Week unpicks each company's PR24 business plan to see where the proposed investment will be spent.

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Yorkshire embarks on £10m wastewater upgrade

Yorkshire Water has begun £10 million upgrades to a wastewater treatment site in Dronfield to remove phosphorus from treated effluent and improve water quality in the river Drone. The project is part of a wider investment of £500 million to reduce excess nutrients entering waterways across Yorkshire's region.

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PR24: CCW calls for bigger water efficiency fund

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PR24: Welsh Water customers support bills hike

Welsh Water has strong customer support for its ambitious business plan, despite almost half of customers admitting the proposed bills will be difficult to pay. The company has set out plans to improve services and performance for the years to 2030 and will ask customers to pay an extra 26%.

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PR24: United Utilities pledges third of total CSO spend

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PR24: Southern admits ambitions are risky

Southern Water has asked the regulator to recognise the position the company is in and where it wants to get to with its ambitious business plan for 2025-30 that will see its raise bills up to 66%.

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