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Study suggests £720m cost to plug water poverty gap

The cost to plug the "water poverty gap" could be up to £720 million, according to a report commissioned by Water UK. It shows the number of people living in water poverty in England and Wales is greater than previously calculated as of 2019/20, with more than 4 million households struggling to pay their bills.

4 years ago

Government confirms legislation on CSOs

The government has confirmed that legal duties to reduce the harm caused by combined sewer overflows (CSOs) will be put into law.

4 years ago

Southern awards £14.5m meter read contracts

Southern has awarded contracts worth £14.5 million to Morrison Data Services for AMP7 with an option to extend beyond the current price control. It will cover meter reading and support to carry out two million visits each year.

4 years ago

UU ‘on track for lowest ever leakage’

United Utilities has said it is on track for its lowest leakage rates ever in the first year of AMP7 and has more than halved its supply interruptions during the past year. In a trading update published ahead of its full year results to 31 March, the company also confirmed it has recorded no serious pollution incidents for a second year.

4 years ago

Scottish Water named most trusted by consumers

4 years ago

Ofwat’s £40m innovation round to kick off in May

The main round of Ofwat's innovation competition kicks off in May with collaboration encouraged for entries that can win £1 million to £10 million to advance and commercialise ideas, models and processes that will benefit the whole sector. The regulator has also updated on activity in the first round of the Innovation in Water Challenge.

4 years ago

SVT sets out emissions reduction targets

Severn Trent has set its reduction targets for direct, indirect and supply chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in line with guidelines from the Science Based Targets Initiative

4 years ago

Affinity ramps up home efficiency checks

Affinity's customers have saved thousands of litres of water in the past few months thanks to virtual home visits that let the company remotely share advice on reducing consumption without entering peoples' homes.

4 years ago

A window to innovation

Last month Anglian expanded its Shop Window project, which aims to use the town of Newmarket as a live testbed for innovative solutions to the problems the water sector is facing now, and for the future. Utility Week chats to the driving forces behind the project.

4 years ago

Help is at hand for customers nearing ‘debt time-bomb’

4 years ago

Yorkshire awards contracts worth £553m

4 years ago

Drawing a line under PR19

The publication of the Competition and Market Authority(CMA)'s water redeterminations justify why a record four companies sought an appeal. With gains made on all sides Utility Week explores what has been won and lost.

4 years ago

Pollard: We need to turn water industry on its head

4 years ago

NI Water begins essential wastewater expansion project

Northern Ireland Water has started work expanding the wastewater treatment works in Belfast to cater for the growing population, housing and industry needs.

4 years ago

Alliance formed to stop leaky loos

A water efficiency group that includes Waterwise, Thames and SES Water has teamed up with the Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) in a bid to banish leaking toilets.

4 years ago

Water efficiency will be central to PR24

4 years ago

Affinity to launch efficiency campaign

4 years ago

SVT partners with ‘carbon neutral’ Commonwealth Games

Severn Trent will create 2,022 acres of forest and a further 72 mini urban forests across the West Midlands to offset the carbon from the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next year

4 years ago

Thames customers report thousands of blockages via online tool

4 years ago

Severn Trent trials novel pipe renewal technology

4 years ago