Water Magazine

18/12/2024

The Government has confirmed that water customers around the country will benefit from significantly higher payments to compensate them for water company service failures.

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https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/12/18/water-companies-to-be-forced-to-double-compensation-for-failures/

Government confirms water customers will benefit from significantly higher payments to compensate them for water company service failures.

17/12/2024

Office for Environmental Protection has concluded that there have been failures to comply with environmental law by Defra, the EA and Ofwat following an investigation into the regulation of network combined sewer overflows...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/12/17/oep-investigation-concludes-defra-ea-and-ofwat-failed-to-comply-with-environmental-law-in-relation-to-sewage-discharges/

OEP investigation concludes there have been failures to comply with environmental law by Defra, the Environment Agency and Ofwat.

17/12/2024

Environment Agency publishes major update to national flood and coastal erosion risk assessment...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/12/17/environment-agency-publishes-major-update-to-national-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-assessment/

Environment Agency

EA publishes new data showing 6.3 million properties across England are based in areas at risk of flooding.

17/12/2024

The Information Commissioner’s Office is calling on all water companies to proactively publish information relating to sewage discharges each month...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/12/17/ico-calls-for-all-water-companies-to-publish-sewage-discharge-data/



Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on all water companies to proactively publish sewage discharges each month.

12/12/2024

‘Raise the bar’, EA head tells water sector...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/12/12/raise-the-bar-ea-head-tells-water-sector/

Environment Agency

Chief executive of the Environment Agency, Philip Duffy, has told delegates that action is being taken to meet rising customer expectations.

09/12/2024

GMB Union warns that Thames Water breakup would be disastrous for consumers and workers, following reports of multiple bids...

The GMB Trade Union has said that the potential breakup of Thames Water would be disastrous for both consumers and the workforce.

06/12/2024

Scottish Water served £6,000 civil penalty for polluting Dunfermline burn...

Scottish Water has been served a civil penalty of £6,000 by Scotland’s environmental regulator for breaching a condition of its licence.

04/12/2024

Thames Water appoints Julian Gething in newly created role as Chief Restructuring Officer...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/12/04/thames-water-appoints-julian-gething-in-newly-created-role-as-chief-restructuring-officer/

Thames Water

Thames Water has appointed Julian Gething in a newly created role as Chief Restructuring Officer to provide specialist advice.

02/12/2024

Regulation must keep pace with current and emerging industries and be agile, says Natural Resources Wales, as it publishes its annual regulation report...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/12/02/regulation-must-keep-pace-with-current-and-emerging-industries-and-be-agile-says-natural-resources-wales-as-it-publishes-its-annual-regulation-report/

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales

28/11/2024

NI Water faces first walk out in a decade if Finance Minister doesn’t sign off on lump sum payment, unions warn...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/11/28/ni-water-faces-first-walk-out-in-a-decade-if-finance-minister-doesnt-sign-off-on-lump-sum-payment-unions-warn/

GMB Union

Northern Ireland faces mass water disruption as hundreds of workers vote in a strike ballot, closing 9 December 2024.

27/11/2024

92% of English bathing waters meet water quality standards but more still needs to be done...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/11/27/92-of-english-bathing-waters-meet-water-quality-standards-but-more-still-needs-to-be-done

92% of bathing waters in England have met minimum water quality standards, with 85% of bathing waters being rated as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.

26/11/2024

The Campaign to Protect Rural England and SAFERwaterS, have issued a call for a Judicial Review of the Government’s decision to approve the South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) without a Public Inquiry.

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https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/11/26/judicial-review-call-launched-against-approved-abingdon-reservoir/

CPRE The countryside charity

Groups call for Judicial Review of Government’s decision to approve South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) without a Public Inquiry.

25/11/2024

The December edition of Water Magazine is out now...

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22/11/2024

BREAKING: In a world first Water UK has launched an interactive map showing the operation of every single storm overflow in England...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/11/22/water-industry-launches-world-first-interactive-storm-overflows-map/

Water UK

In a world first Water UK has launched an interactive map showing the operation of every single storm overflow in England.

22/11/2024

CIWEM - The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management CIWEM urges action on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in UK’s water systems...

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/11/22/ciwem-urges-action-on-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-uks-water-systems/

CIWEM issues urgent call to address the persistent issue of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the UK’s water systems.

21/11/2024

As winter approaches, ensuring essential infrastructure is properly maintained is critical for public sector organisations.

21/11/2024

73% of bonus payments will not be paid for by customers, says Ofwat, with new rules on exec bonuses and on dividends announced today...

Ofwat introduces new rules that require water companies to demonstrate that executive bonuses are sufficiently linked to company performance.

21/11/2024

In our latest Water Vlog, Alastair Chisholm, Policy Director at CIWEM, highlights the many issues which need to be addressed in a water sector which is not adequately future proofed and lacks the necessary resilience in the face of the nature and climate emergency.

https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2024/11/21/water-special-measures-bill-just-the-first-step-required-to-address-water-sector-failure-says-alastair-chisholm-policy-director-at-ciwem/

CIWEM - The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

Alastair Chisholm, Policy Director at CIWEM, highlights the many issues which need to be addressed in a water sector.