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Ofwat proposes £200m innovation fund

Water companies could be granted permission to increase customer bills by up to £200 million to stimulate innovation in the sector between 2020-2025. Ofwat has proposed an innovation funding competition and/or an end-of-period reward for the successful rollout of innovative projects. A new consultation also looks at the potential for a sector-wide joint innovation strategy as well as an innovation in water centre of excellence.

5 years ago

Southern Water under investigation by DWI over historic performance

In its annual report Southern Water revealed details of the investigations it is being subjected to by both the Drinking Water Inspectorate and the Environment Agency.

5 years ago

“Sir David has stepped into the political jungle this week”

5 years ago

Utility Week Project Roundup w/c 8 July

5 years ago

Customers saved £10m in second year of business retail water market

5 years ago

United Utilities installs 100,000 ‘leakage listeners’

North West water provider United Utilities is installing almost 100,000 devices in its network in a bid to detect and repair leakages.

5 years ago

Letter from the editor: Now the work really begins

The setting of the net-zero target was rightly hailed as a decisive moment in the battle against climate change but, Suzanne Heneghan puts forward the view that in many ways this was the easy bit.

5 years ago

Water firms ‘remain complacent’

5 years ago

Thames handed £700,000 penalty for polluting waterway

5 years ago

Nationalisation advocates urge pension funds to quit sector now

5 years ago

Water sector criticised for ‘unacceptable’ performance last year

5 years ago

Thames Water up to 85,000 customers on social tariff

5 years ago

Thames Water accused of abusing dominant market position

5 years ago

Wanted: a white knight for Thames Water

5 years ago

Reflections on a dark week for the water sector

5 years ago

Roundtable: How to harness AI

5 years ago

Letter from the editor: Southern Water betrayal is a gift to Labour

If you were looking for the sector’s finest hour, then Southern Water’s underhand dealings and betrayal of public trust between 2010 and 2017, as revealed by Ofwat’s recent issuing of a record £126million penalty package, is not it.

5 years ago

One in five firms see energy as a tradable asset

5 years ago

Severn Trent warns of summer drowning risks

5 years ago

Thames Water says further PR19 revisions would slow resilience plans

5 years ago