Water

Weekend press round-up: EDF to be paid millions for halving Sizewell output

Covid-19-focus at Northumbrian’s Innovation Festival

Ofwat announces Head of Wales; NI regulator names new CEO

Coalition urges government to include water in Green Homes Grant scheme

Water companies unite for virtual hackathon

Three water companies are coming together to share data and develop ideas on how to help their customers use less water and save money. At a virtual hackathon Anglian, SES and Welsh Water are hoping to make progress on key challenges for the sector

Flying drones to their full potential

Bevan: Time to ‘carefully’ reform Water Framework Directive

Annual water survey finds low awareness of social tariffs

Everflow releases water switching quotation tool

Everflow Tech, the sister company to Everflow Water, has released its proprietary quotation software to the water retail market, whilst boasting of its ability to produce almost instantaneous quotes for switching. The company has also appointed Paul Williams its first chief technology officer, who said the Simple Quoting tool will be first in a series of modules to be spun off from its billing platform Eclipse.

Scottish Water overhauls project management for SR21

Scottish Water shares learnings from its transition to a cloud-based system that allows users across the country to view and manage 5,000 on-going projects

MOSL makes double chair appointment

Weekend press round-up: Brearley defends net-zero approach

In the latest round-up of the weekend's papers: Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley defends the regulator's approach to climate change, Eon predicts a cut to the price cap on energy bills and Scottish Power boss Keith Anderson urges the government to loosen the caps in renewable auctions to unleash a "huge wave" of investment.

Thames awards first major contract of AMP7

Thames has awarded the first major contract of its capital investment programme for AMP7 to Laing O'Rourke to upgrade the sewage works at Beckton ahead of Thames Tideway's completion in 2024.

Ofwat extends liquidity support for water retailers

Ofwat has decided to roll back most of the temporary measures that were introduced to protect the non-household market during the coronavirus lockdown when many businesses were forced to temporarily shut. However, the regulator also announced it would continue to allow water retailers to defer a portion of their wholesale charges until the end of October.

Leakage rates fall to lowest level yet

Leakage is down across the country as companies dedicate resources to getting on top of the problem. Figures from Water UK show regulatory targets were achieved across the sector for the end of AMP6.