Ofwat news
Ofwat has proposed a new licence condition under which water companies must prove their asset management systems are fit for purpose, covering infrastructure across its full lifecycle from acquisition through to disposal.
The condition would set clear and strengthened expectations on the standards that companies must demonstrate and the evidence they must provide to show their asset management processes are fit for purpose. Acceptable evidence could include ISO certification or a qualif
Ofwat has launched a consultation on the proposed monitoring and assessment framework for PR24 delivery plans to strengthen oversight of AMP8 investments across England and Wales during the 2025-30 price control period.
Context and scale: PR24 represents the largest investment in the water sector in England and Wales over the last 30 years, with a total budget of £104 billion for 2025-30. PR24 is nearly twice the size of PR19, driven largely by enhancement expenditure of £44 billion,
Ofwat has launched a consultation on the proposed monitoring and assessment framework for PR24 delivery plans to strengthen oversight of AMP8 investments across England and Wales during the 2025-30 price control period.
Context and scale: PR24 represents the largest investment in the water sector in England and Wales over the last 30 years, with a total budget of £104 billion for 2025-30. PR24 is nearly twice the size of PR19, driven largely by enhancement expenditure of £44 billion,
Ofwat has announced the launch of a combined gated process to oversee, support and assess the delivery of large-scale water infrastructure projects for the Major Water Infrastructure Programme (MWIP).
The Regulator’s Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) and partner regulators—the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) and the Environment Agency (EA)—along with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Natural England (NE) provide involvement in the combined gated process
Ofwat has today announced that it is opening enforcement cases into four more water and wastewater companies as part of its ongoing investigation into how companies manage their wastewater treatment works and networks.
Ofwat has served formal notices on Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Hafren Dyfrdwy, Severn Trent and United Utilities to gather evidence for the investigation. The opening of these enforcement cases follows detailed analysis of information on companies’ environmental perfor
Ofwat has revealed that water and wastewater companies are falling behind on their investment plans, leaving promised service improvements behind schedule or undelivered.
Ofwat, as part of the price review process, sets allowances for how much companies can invest over the price control period, to maintain and improve its water network. Between 2020 and 2022 (the first two years of PR19), 14 companies underspent their budget on improving their water n
We’re all too aware that climate change is a present reality, not least with the drier, hotter summers and increase in flooding. Add the growing pressure from population growth and economic development, and you can clearly see why there is concern about the impact on water supply resilience.
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) estimated that new water supplies equivalent to the water consumed by over nine million people would be needed in England by the mid 2030s.
Ofwat has announced that it has opened an enforcement case against South West Water as part of its ongoing investigation into how all wastewater companies manage their wastewater treatment works.
South West Water joins Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Thames Water, Wessex Water and Yorkshire Water, on the list of companies Ofwat has opened enforcement cases into
The English and Welsh water regulator, Ofwat, has awarded £5.2 million to innovative projects using new technology and cross-sector collaborations to improve water quality, reduce pollution and enhance services for consumers.
Up to a further £34 million will be awarded later in the spring for larger scale projects driving long-reaching benefits.
Between now and the summer, the Water Breakthrough Challenge will award up to £39 million to projects across Englan
Thames Water has proposed changes to how it replaces meters and offer free data services to retailers after an Ofwat investigation. This is in addition to other formal commitments under the Competition Act 1998 to address concerns over the company’s approach to rolling out its smart metering programme in the business retail market.
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