Every Welsh Water customer to get cash rebate after company found to have underestimated its leaks The company is facing an investigation by a watchdog after also overestimating consumption per head Wales Online · May 25, 2023
Welsh Water to be investigated by watchdog Ofwat over leak reporting failures The water company will also return £14m to customers in the coming months Birmingham Post · May 25, 2023
South West Water under investigation over leaks and usage figures Shares in owner Pennon Group fall as it says Ofwat has launched inquiry into South West Water The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2023
South West Water to be investigated by regulator South West Water is owned by Exeter-based Pennon Group Birmingham Post · May 23, 2023
UK growth forecast upgraded by IMF; Bank of England governor says ‘big lessons to learn’ after inflation shock – as it happened New IMF report shows “a big upgrade to the UK’s growth forecast” says Jeremy Hunt, with UK expected to grow by 0.4% this year not shrink by 0.3% The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2023
English water firms want to draw a line under the past. It won’t wash Industry wants accountability to cover putting sewage spills right, not firms’ previous compliance The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023
The Guardian view on England’s water companies: a badly broken system Editorial: Ministers were warned about the risks of private equity entering the sector but did nothing. Now we’re paying the price The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023
Martin Lewis reveals 'biggest' benefit worth £160 that millions of families are missing out on Some of the poorest households could claim this benefit for help with their water bills Chronicle Live · May 20, 2023
‘The whole thing stinks’: water firms to pay £15bn to shareholders as customers foot sewage bill With cost of cleanup to be passed on to bill payers, analysis shows they will also pay £624 more by 2030 to fund investor payouts The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023
Martin Lewis reveals 'biggest' benefit worth £160 which only 20 per cent claim An incredible 5.7 million households are thought to be missing out on help with water bills Wales Online · May 19, 2023
Water companies criticised for passing £10bn sewage bill on to customers Clean water activists say industry’s promise to reduce pollution should not be taken on trust The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2023
Pledges and apologies will not be enough to clear UK waters of raw sewage Activists plan to keep holding firms to account as some suggest it is customers who should be compensated The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2023
Water firms ‘sorry’ for 824 daily sewage spills in 2022 Companies have apologised for not acting quickly enough The Independent UK · May 18, 2023
Britons face rising water bills for 100 years to fix sewage spills Companies have apologised for not acting quickly enough to tackle sewage spills. Evening Standard · May 17, 2023
Birmingham Post · May 16, 2023 Northumbrian Water secures £6m to fund four innovation projects The company is holding its seventh innovation festival in Newcastle in the summer
The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2023 Time to clean up the murky water business Letters: Bill Kingdom says the Environment Agency and Ofwat have failed to perform, Dr Richard JF Bewley suggests mutualisation and Richard Davies wonders what the difference is between fly-tippers and water companies
The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2023 Lake or mistake? The row over water firms, drought and Abingdon’s new super-reservoir A proposal for 150bn litres of storage in Oxfordshire is mired in controversy and distrust of a privatised water industry
Chronicle Live · Apr 7, 2023 Work to start on improving sewage hit waters in Berwick after £50m funding secured Northumbrian Water is working on a project to reduce spills from storm overflows at Tweedmouth and Spittal
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2023 Believe in tougher water regulation for England only when you see it After the soft approach of the last three decades it is difficult to be convinced by talk of a new era
The Week · Apr 4, 2023 What’s caused the big stink over Britain’s sewage? Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has set out new plans to improve England’s water quality and clean up its rivers and coastal areas.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023 Water firms to invest £1.6bn in improvements, says Ofwat Regulator announces two-year plan in victory for campaigners pushing to clean up England’s rivers
Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2023 Ofwat wants to kick-start 31 schemes worth £1.6bn to improve water infrastructure The regulator wants to approve 31 investment schemes that water companies have promised to begin sooner than planned.
Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2023 Ofwat launches crackdown on excessive bonuses for water company bosses Move comes weeks after regulator moved to curb
The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023 Residents who do not pave over garden could receive water bill discount, Ofwat says Cheaper rates could be applied to people in England and Wales who install water butts under plans unveiled by regulator
The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023 Never mind the H20: this scheme to move water from Severn to Thames could be the new HS2 England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it