Water

Meet the Innovators: Jethro Yates, Thames Water

Weekend press round-up: SSE boss defies activist investors’ demands

This week's round up of the weekend newspapers includes Martin Lewis hitting out at energy prices, SSE's boss stands firm against activist investors and Thames Water has been fined for polluting an Oxfordshire river as public anger over waterways continues

Ofwat calls for cultural shift at PR24 to plan for the future

Ofwat has said a cultural shift will be needed from water companies in order to move away from producing five-year business plans in isolation. The regulator wrote to businesses setting out expectations for "minimum requirements" on long-term strategies.

Innovation in lead management: removal, regulation and recycling phosphate

Ofwat launches investigation into ‘unpermitted’ sewage discharges

Is water ‘well ahead’ of COP?

Net-zero transition: ‘Make energy cool again’

River Thames: Biodiversity recovering despite more plastic pollution

Populations of birds, eels and seals living in the River Thames have risen steadily despite increasing plastic pollution and rising temperatures. A survey by the Zoological Society London of the UK's second longest river, which was declared biologically dead in 1957, found bird and mammal populations have improved over the past 10 years, although fish populations have deteriorated in the same period.

Making sustainability cost effective

Weekend press round-up: Third of remaining suppliers at risk of collapse

In the latest round-up of the weekend’s industry news there is a report in The Telegraph that a third of the UK’s remaining energy suppliers are at “imminent risk” of collapse. Elsewhere the government is accused of sending out bad advice on energy bills. Meanwhile, businesses give their verdict on the COP26 deal.

Explore your expected winter risks with an outlook from DTN

Survey highlights ‘extreme coping strategies’ to keep up with water bills

Southern pledges 80% cut in discharges from CSOs by 2030

Ofwat confirms approach to PCC targets

Yorkshire arranges sludge trade deal with Anglian