Water

Severn Trent creates 300 jobs to tackle blockages and floods

Rural residents blighted by rats in their water supply

People living in rural communities are forced to deal with rats, tadpoles and brown bath water on a daily basis because they are not connected to a mains water supply, MPs have heard. The blight of rural communities was raised in a Westminster Hall debate in which the government came under fire for failing to support those living in properties without a water mains connection. MP Simon Clarke proposed new legislation and called on Defra to fund connections in exceptional circumstances.

Utilities moving in the wrong direction on diversity

Ofwat seeks net zero innovations

How water companies plan to ramp up smart meters

Weekend press: New energy secretary’s baptism of fire

Our roundup of this weekend's news stories includes new energy secretary Claire Coutinho's first days in office; Utilita has launched an appeal against Ofgem; the prime minister looks set to reverse the ban on building onshore windfarms; and in Scotland environmental activists call out Scottish Water over coastal waters.

Where will England’s next reservoirs be?

Yorkshire to store wastewater in new wetland

Armitt: Water sector has a lot of catching up to do

Utility Week Awards 2023 deadline approaches

Tideway boss pockets £1.7m bonus

Helm: Breaking up Thames would be a good start

Economist Dieter Helm has proposed dividing beleaguered Thames into two public limited companies with simplified ownership to improve management and prevent financial engineering. The sector's long-term critic also took Ofwat to task for not taking steps to strip poorly-performing companies of their licences and proposed reverting to the single-company structures of the original privatised companies.

Government ‘hellbent’ on removing environmental protections

On the Move: Drax and Yorkshire make senior hires

Weekend press: Octopus Energy closes in on Shell deal