Water networks

Albion and Peel Water latest ‘small challengers’ to join Water UK

Pipe up: independent connections providers

Independent connections firms are flourishing because they focus on the customer.

The blueprint for water

Cox clear on code

Ofwat says it expects water company boards to self-regulate to clean up corporate governance if they are to escape new licence conditions, reports Ellen Bennett.

Thames Water hits back at financing claims

‘Water Bill should include domestic competition’

Scottish Water hits leakage targets early

Water Bill to set customer service targets

The Water Bill is to be expected "any day" and will allow the secretary of state to set customer service levels which water companies must meet, according to a speech by Defra's Dr Sonia Phippard at the Future Water 2013 conference in London today.

Sutton and East Surrey water ups metering targets

Sutton and East Surrey water plans to increase its compulsory metering programme to customers over the next 25 years to combat the potential of dwindling water stocks and achieve a penetration figure of 90% of homes.

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.

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.

Wizards of Oz

Australia is currently fighting huge bush fires, but it has been battling hot, dry summers for many years, and the drought that accompanies them. Ajay Nair and Steffi Johnson look at what the UK can learn

Severn Trent advises 2,000 homes not to drink tap water

Severn Trent has issued bottled water to around 2,000 homes in Broadway, Worcestershire after villagers complained of discoloured and strange-tasting drinking water yesterday.

Environment Agency warns water companies over increased pollution

Upstream dreams