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Water UK News
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Report published examining potential impact of COVID-19 on the water sector
Ofwat and Water UK have today published a report that explores the potential impact Covid-19 might have on the water sector in England and Wales. This report was prepared by Frontier Economics supported by Atkins. Covid-19 is having a ...
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Water UK responds to the launch of PR24
Christine McGourty, Water UK Chief Executive said: “We welcome Ofwat starting a conversation about the long-term challenges facing the water sector, and how PR24 can help deal with those. This work will make an important contribution to ...
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Avonmouth incident - Water UK statement
Water UK have released a statement following an incident at Wessex Water’s water recycling centre, at Avonmouth, on 3 December 2020. Christine McGourty, Water UK Chief Executive said: “Everyone at Water UK was deeply saddened to hear ...
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Water companies are here to help this winter
More than 80,000 payment breaks have already been given during the Covid-19 pandemic More than 1 million households are now receiving a reduction on their bills
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Water UK responds to publication of National Infrastructure Strategy
Water UK welcomes the publication of the National Infrastructure Strategy and, in particular, the Government’s commitment to adopting a long-term approach to investment. Given the challenges facing the sector in the years to come it is vital ...
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Water industry launches world’s first sector-wide plan to deliver net zero carbon emissions by 2030
Water companies will today (Thursday) unveil a ground-breaking plan to deliver a net zero water supply for customers by 2030 in the world’s first sector-wide commitment of its kind. The Net Zero 2030 Routemap sets out the ...
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Water companies pledge to protect rare chalk streams
A group of water companies have today vowed to invest millions of pounds to protect the country’s chalk streams by reducing the amount of water they abstract from them for public drinking supply and cutting pollution. The pledge was made at ...
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Water industry launches first sector-wide innovation strategy
The water industry has launched its first ever innovation strategy setting out a vision for the sector up to 2050. The strategy, which has been developed by 19 water companies from across the UK and Ireland alongside UK Water Industry Research ...
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Former Water UK policy expert awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours list
Former Water UK Senior Policy Expert Dr Jim Marshall has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the water sector. Jim, who recently left Water UK after 14 years to take up a new role at Southern Water, receives the ...
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Celebrities Endorse Matt Damon´s Continued Strike
Richard Branson, Olivia Wilde and Bono are the most recent set of celebrities to publicly declare their support for Matt Damon`s Toilet Strike in a PSA, released today. In doing so, they announced their protest of the global water crisis and pledged ...
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Bottle v Tap is really no contest, says Water UK
The current spate of programmes and articles about the fall from grace of bottled water points to one of the most remarkable reversals in modern consumer marketing. Just two or three years ago sales looked set to continue a decade of spectacular ...