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Wessex Water claims its scheme to make homes more efficient has helped its customers to save one million litres of water.
5 years ago
Thames Water was fined £160,000 at Stratford Magistrates’ Court today (10 June) for water quality offences which occurred at Coppermills water treatment works in Walthamstow, London in 2017.
Changes to Southern Water’s abstraction licence for the River Test in Hampshire pose “a challenge” for the company as it looks “more likely” it will need to apply for a drought permit this summer.
Wessex Water has appointed two independent non-executive directors, Kate Mingay and Jim McKenna, to its board.
Chris Loughlin, chief executive of Pennon Group told Utility Week he is focused on running a good business and not getting distracted by “what may or may not happen” with Labour’s proposals to renationalise the water industry.
Steve Robertson has stepped down as the chief executive of Thames Water with immediate effect.
The water industry is a highly capital intensive business, with perhaps 70 per cent of
South West Water’s managing director, Stephen Bird, has died at the age of 60 following a short illness, the company has announced.
The water industry needs to make important decisions in a timely manner if it wants to be best placed to protect water supplies in the future.
6 years ago
Welsh Water has announced it has cut its carbon emissions by almost 80 per cent since the beginning of the decade.
Less than 30 per cent of people would support water nationalisation if Labour cut pensions to facilitate the move, a survey commissioned by Water UK has found.
Water industry regulator Ofwat is proposing to incorporate new objectives about board leadership, transparency and governance into company licences.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has welcomed the first council to its #Refillution campaign, which aims to cut down on single use plastics by encouraging reusable water bottles.
SES Water’s managing director, Anthony Ferrar, will retire this autumn after 11 years of service with the company.
Anglian Water has begun work on a £1.2 million scheme to drill a new 61 metres deep borehole to supply residents in Bedfordshire.
The opening of a competitive domestic water market will occur within the next three years, customer communication company Quadient has predicted.
John McDonnell has dismissed the risk that Labour’s plans to renationalise utilities could be overturned by the courts on human rights grounds.
