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Utilities will need to up their investment in replacing pipework and treatment plants as climate change increases pressure on the water infrastructure, engineers have warned.
Welsh Water’s reservoir levels are below average for the time of year due to the prolonged dry spell and the company has urged customers to avoid “wasting water”.
Sudden severe weather earlier this year, which caused water supply outages across the UK, has prompted Ofwat to review the compensation provided to customers.
The company said slightly cooler temperatures and recent rainfall, along with customer efforts to reduce usage have eased the demand for water and helped reservoir levels.
“What would have been leading performance when I came to Northumbrian Water just wouldn’t pass now.”
The £100 million tunnel stretches 3.1 miles from Craigton to Queen’s Park via Bellahouston and Pollok parks and flows have started to run through it from across the south-side of the city.
“The water sector hasn’t had it easy this year. As if one extreme weather event
Water companies have agreed they need to "do more" to adapt and prepare for changing weather patterns as the environment secretary challenged them to "raise the bar" to tackle leakage.
Reforms will mean any water company which continues to have debt “substantially in excess” of the level used by Ofwat to set price controls will be required to share any benefits they accrue with customers.
S&P Global Ratings has revised its outlook on Thames Water's debt from stable to negative in light of "challenging regulatory pressure and weaker credit ratios".
Michael Gove will demand answers about why leakage targets have not been met at gathering with CEOs at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) tomorrow (31 July).
Water companies have been warned by the Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) to take “decisive action” to boost “unimpressive” levels of customer satisfaction with fairness and value for money.
The first end-of-year report for the non-household water retail market shows there are some hard
Rachel Fletcher, Ofwat’s chief executive said its role is “not to regulate customers’ water use” and instead it is challenging the sector to better tackle leakage.
The water company submitted three drought applications on 19 July to increase the amount of water it can take from Lake Ullswater, Lake Windermere and Ennerdale Water.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has lifted the country-wide hosepipe ban, which has been in force since 29 June. The ban was lifted at midday on 19 July after demand returned to “near normal levels”.
The ‘Temporary Use Ban’ will come into effect on 5 August and will affect domestic customers with the exception of those in Carlisle and north Eden Valley, where supplies remain at reasonable levels.
Dr Sebastian Catovsky, deputy director of water services at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (Defra) said that greater transfers between regions is “crucial” to remedying water stresses across England.
Ofwat’s chief executive has expressed disappointment that water companies are not collaborating enough to tackle problems such as climate change and population growth.