Hosepipe Ban

The independent review of competition and innovation in the water industry, announced when the Government launched its new Water Strategy for England earlier this month, is to be led by Professor Martin Cave. Confirming the appointment today in a speech to the Water UK City conference, Secretary of State...

To protect essential water and sewerage services for consumers and safeguard the future of those services, bills in England and Wales will rise by a little more than inflation this year. The average increase, which will vary from company to company, is 1.5% plus inflation at 4.3%. This means that the...

Ofwat today confirmed that it has fined Southern Water a total of £20.3 million for deliberately misreporting information and delivering poor service to customers. Southern Water’s shareholders will bear the entire cost of this fine. It will not be passed on to its customers. Ofwat Chief Executive...

Climate change means that we will all have to value water more as we find a fairer way of paying for it, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, said today as he launched the Government’s water strategy for England, Future Water. Hilary Benn said: “Securing and maintaining water supplies is vital...