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Wessex Water completes £26m water quality project

Wessex Water has completed a £26 million project to protect the water quality at beaches in Weston-super-Mare.

11 years ago

Where there’s a will…

11 years ago

The drain strain

The cost private sewer transfer has imposed on water companies is slowly emerging. Nigel Hawkins looks at whether IDoKs are likely

11 years ago

Albion Water wins £2m damages for Shotton Mill case

Welsh Water has been ordered to pay almost £2 million in damages to Albion Water for anti-competitive pricing. The Competition Appeal Tribunal judgement closes the last chapter of a protracted legal wrangle over Shotton Paper Mill, North Wales.

11 years ago

Thames Water signs up first Scottish business customer

Thames Water has signed up its first business customer in Scotland, it announced today, through a deal with Irish hotel chain Jury's Inn.

11 years ago

Different strokes

11 years ago

NI Water cuts prices

NI Water is set to reduce its non-domestic water and sewerage charges by an average of 2.7 per cent from April, it announced today.

11 years ago

Monitor effects of ‘dangerous’ chemicals before banning them, says Benyon

Water minister Richard Benyon has thrown his weight behind calls to introduce a "watch list" to assess the impact of potentially harmful chemicals in water, rather than ordering water firms to remove them as proposed by the European Commission.

11 years ago

Tunnel vision

Stuart Crisp demands clear, consistent sewer specifications to ensure that future generations are not left to pick up the pieces

11 years ago

Thames Water to generate 20 per cent of energy needs with sewage scheme

Thames Water plans to generate 20 per cent of its energy needs from sewage by installing thermal hydrolysis process plants at six of its sewage treatment works, it has announced.

11 years ago

Reach out

11 years ago

Adding chemicals to banned list could be a waste of money, MPs told

There is a lack of evidence to warrant adding to the "priority substance" list of chemicals controlled under the Water Framework Directive, MPs heard today.

11 years ago

Waterwise: firms should target supply, not leakage

Environmental groups are calling on Ofwat to scrap leakage targets and replace them with a water-into-supply target.

11 years ago

Designer water

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Consumer counsel

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Yorkshire Water confirms Experian credit data deal

Yorkshire Water is to share credit data on its customers with global information services company Experian, it announced today.

11 years ago

National Grid could start CCS drilling by May

National Grid could start drilling at a carbon capture and storage (CCS) site off the Yorkshire coast as early as May, after an agreement for lease was signed last week.

11 years ago

Water firms accused of exploiting tax havens

Water companies have come under fire for alleged tax avoidance by routing profits through tax havens.

11 years ago

Severn Trent finances on track

Severn Trent is on course to meet market expectations at the end of the year, according to an interim management statement issued today.

11 years ago

Life’s a game

Computer gaming is huge and smart utilities are using its popularity and reach to their own ends. Andrew Williams reports

11 years ago

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