Water

Desalination plants to be online next year in South West

Hollick demands answers from EA on pollution inspections

Smart meter rollout: intelligent solutions for legacy challenges

Reservoirs still depleted despite autumn downpours

CCW: We must change how people view water

Can FOMO drive a utilities sector revolution?

Fewer than one in ten consumers want service innovation from their utilities according to new consumer research. But many utilities have hung their hats on a shift into high value solution provision as an escape route from unsustainable market norms and the pressures of the climate emergency. Can fear of missing out on strategic goals drive the market changes needed to flip consumer sentiment? Utility Week explores the challenge.

Leaky loos cost Anglian £49m

NIC calls for drainage investment to ease surface flooding

Weekend press round-up: Sunak faces growing pressure over onshore wind

In our latest round-up of the weekend news, prime minister Rishi Sunak faces growing pressure to relax planning restrictions on onshore wind farms in England; Rolls-Royce is reported to be in talks with Ineos to build a mini-nuclear plant to power its chemical refinery in Grangemouth; and the Environment Agency is accused of failing to punish farmers that are polluting rivers.

MOSL proposes data cleanse

Anglian extends sewer capacity to avoid overflows

OEP warns against ‘rushed’ environmental law-making

Why smart meter data is the ‘gold dust’ that can drive water efficiency

Surfers’ group highlights scale of ‘dry’ sewage spills

UU warns of hefty investment needs to end use of CSOs