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Leakage is down across the country as companies dedicate resources to getting on top of the problem. Figures from Water UK show regulatory targets were achieved across the sector for the end of AMP6.
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The Agriculture Bill has the potential to transform catchment management by water companies, landowners, farmers and other stakeholders with subsidies available for farmers who employ environmental land management, according to Anglian Water's head of public affairs Daniel Johns.
Water resource management plans should prepare an area for once in 500-year drought events and feature natural capital solutions to resource management, according to proposed updates to planning guidance.
The well-established, voluntary water efficiency label has gained recognition across Europe but water efficiency experts fear the nature of it would limit its adoption on high consumption goods, the Bathroom Manufacturers Association argues that re-inventing the wheel would hinder progress
As the CMA gathers submissions and evidence for redetermining the business plans of Anglian, Bristol, Northumbrian and Yorkshire Water, Ofwat has firmly defended its position and the final determinations it handed to the companies in December.
The regulators of the water sector and government have urged the industry to go beyond the goals of PR19 and the Public Interest Commitments to play a bigger role in a green recovery. It came as the secretary of state for the environment signalled a fresh approach to green policy – one which came in for criticism from campaigners for a lack of clarity.
The road map for water companies to reach net zero by 2030, bringing forward spending from AMP8, and the big ask from government - these were just some of the themes on the agenda when Denise Chevin caught up with Anglian Water's chief executive.
A new national campaign will run this summer to encourage people to use less water while spending more time at home and in the garden. Water's Worth Saving was launched as part of Waterwise's digital conference
Anglian chief executive Peter Simpson has called for water - “our most precious resource” - to be central to the climate change debate, while shadow environment minister Luke Pollard urged the sector to “make more noise” to put it there. Both were speaking on the first day of Waterwise's virtual conference.
The Committee on Climate Change has called on Defra to increase water metering, set more ambitious leakage and consumption targets and introduce mandatory water efficiency labelling. Anglian Water's climate change and carbon manager Matt Pluke welcomed the recognition of the water sector’s role in achieving the net zero target but said more needs to be done to eliminate emissions from heating.
Portsmouth Water's head of water resources tells Utility Week how the company reached its lowest ever leakage rate with new technologies and a new approach to weather events.
The largest research project of its kind has been launched by the UK Water Industry Research with companies across the UK and Ireland to understand consumption as part of a larger investigation into reducing abstraction.