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Affinity gets to grips with PCC and leakage

As part of the company's most ambitious plans yet, chief executive Pauline Walsh describes Affinity's efforts to lower water demand in its region, reduce leakage by 20 per cent and protect precious chalk streams

5 years ago

RAPID leader announced

EA's deputy director of water resources has been named as the managing director of the inter-regulatory group RAPID that will work to overcome current barriers to major infrastructure projects in the English water sector.

5 years ago

Water innovation fund ‘should target JVs’

Utility Week talks to Northumbrian Water’s head of innovation, Angela MacOscar, about what lessons she has brought across from her previous role tracking new trends in consumer goods. She discusses her hopes for Ofwat’s innovation fund, how facial recognition tools could help with mental wellbeing and how 2020 could be the year AI lives up to the hype.

5 years ago

NI Water warns of environmental and health risks of underinvesting

Continued under-investment could result in environmental or public health risks, warns NI Water as it questions its ability to provide water and wastewater infrastructure for proposed new homes across the country without new funding being added.

5 years ago

Putting customers first – when is the job done?

5 years ago

Utility of the Future: Can water reach net zero by 2030?

5 years ago

New investment promised for NI Water

5 years ago

Investor confidence remains high under tough regulation

The tough stance adopted by Ofwat has challenged the water sector and reassured its investors, according to S&P Global Ratings. Despite difficult times ahead and lower ratings, water remains a sound longer-term investment, thanks in part to the firm regulatory framework the companies operate in, a senior director told Utility Week.

5 years ago

Ofwat: PR19 is pro-investment

5 years ago

Review of 2019: A year that made history

5 years ago

Ofwat: Firms could lose as well as gain from CMA referrals

The director heading up PR19 has defended the regulator's “tough and proactive” final determinations and insisted "we are happy to take any challenges through the CMA process".

5 years ago

Moodys: PR19 will lead to overspend and operational penalties

5 years ago

Thames fined for Tideway workers’ injuries

5 years ago

The value of waste

Water companies are innovating to find efficiencies in every drop of water. Severn Trent has launched a test-bed to pump ideas into its wastewater treatment and look at sewage as a valuable asset

5 years ago

All bets are off for PR19

5 years ago

Publicly-owned water sector ‘makes economic, social and environmental sense’

Water has become the poster child for Labour’s renationalisation plans so it is little surprise that industry figures have taken a unanimously critical line. However, sector veteran Jacob Tompkins, believes this defence of privatisation has gone too far and that the sector should instead focus on why Labour’s plans have caught the public mood.

5 years ago

Don’t flush away your customer data

Managing disruption due to accidents and leaks is a major challenge for water companies and can make or break a reputation. Responding quickly and effectively is essential, and this is where technology can play a role.

5 years ago

PR19 final determination – is Ofwat for turning?

Water company shareholders may have joined the fight against Ofwat’s proposed price cuts, but it might be too little, too late, says Nigel Hawkins.

5 years ago

UW Manifesto: Water ‘needs an Attenborough’

In the latest of a series of articles exploring specific pledges in Utility Week's Election 2019 Manifesto, we examine why water scarcity has failed to alarm the public to the extent other looming environmental crises have. How can we communicate this urgent water efficiency message and what can the next government do to facilitate this?

5 years ago

Make every customer contact count

5 years ago