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A study by UKWIR and University of Sheffield aims to understand the conditions that can cause buried pipes to leak. It will explore effects of pressure and environment to better inform how companies should invest in pipe maintenance
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Many businesses that supply goods and services to the water sector had to furlough staff during lockdown and a quarter had to make redundancies according to British Water's Lila Thompson who described the serious impact on the supply chain
Fresh off the success of Water's Worth Saving, Waterwise has launched a month-long campaign to persuade people to value water more highly and use it more efficiently
Chalk streams health will be improved following promises by Affinity, Anglian, Southern and Thames Water to reduce abstraction and pollution to restore flows and health of these ecologically critical waterways
Thames has named the contract partners it will work with to deliver £4 billion of capital investment during AMP7 across London and the Thames Valley.
Arthur Mitchell, engagement manager at PwC's Strategy& division, considers how water companies can support customers through this difficult time while balancing the sustainability impacts of increased consumption during lockdown.
Meeting the challenges of climate change, over population and PR19 will take innovation and collaboration both within and beyond the water sector. To realise this, a water "centre of excellence" has been conceived and will be launched in the spring.
Pennon, the parent company of South West and Bournemouth Water, has said it expects revenue for this financial year to take a £10 million hit from coronavirus. Options for deploying proceeds from the £4.2 billion sale of Viridor are still being weighed up and the company said it was considering market opportunities.
Innovation in the water sector should not overlook the role the non-household suppliers and customers can play. MOSL has urged the sector to include non-household usage, data and the stakeholders as it moves forward with the 2050 Water Innovation Strategy
Following a scathing government report on the management of water supplies, Ofwat's chief executive has defended its approach to resilience, bills and investment
The water retail market may still be in its infancy but has been dogged by problems from day one, with Covid-19 adding a new dimension to the challenges. In the first of a two-part feature on the non-domestic market in its fourth year, Utility Week talks to retailers about slowly-improving bilateral relations, getting better data and questioning self-governance.