Hosepipe Ban

Ofwat today announced targets for water companies to increase water efficiency savings by 40 per cent from 2010 - a response to lacklustre performance by some companies on helping their customers use water more wisely. The regulator is demanding that water companies help customers save at least 23 million...

The Consumer Council for Water today (18 November) welcomed the recommendations put forward in Martin Cave’s interim report on competition in the water industry, and is echoing the call to get competition right for business customers first. Dame Yve Buckland, Chair of the Consumer Council for Water,...

The interim report by Professor Martin Cave into competition and innovation in water markets is published today. The report sets out Professor Cave’s recommended measures for increasing retail competition in the water industry which could benefit customers and the economy by up to £600 million...

Ninety-six per cent of England’s bathing waters met the minimum water quality standards set by the European Bathing Water Directive this year and 65.7 per cent met the highest guideline standards according to tests carried out by the Environment Agency. Other results this year show: Of the 414...

It’s been a long time coming but our website has finally had the revamp it deserves. A whole new look and layout has been designed, ready to move the site forward. We’ve many plans in store over the coming months - stay tuned!

Ofwat has provisionally decided not to allow Sutton and East Surrey Water to raise its prices by an average of 10.2% before inflation in 2009-2010. The application would have resulted in more than 250,000 consumers having a significant increase in their water bills. Ofwat’s draft decision means...