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    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      UK regulator warns on financial health of four water suppliers

      Annual Ofwat report flags Thames Water, Southern Water, South East Water and SES Water as high priority

    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Utilities
      Bills set to soar as UK water companies seek record £96bn spending

      Households asked to pay an extra £156 per year on average by 2030

      A running tap
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Water companies in England and Wales told to cut £114mn off bills

      Ofwat says almost all groups missed targets on pollution, leakage and customer service

      An aerial view of the Thames Water Long Reach water treatment facility
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Pollution
      England’s green watchdog finds ‘possible failures’ in applying sewage laws

      Roles of government, Environment Agency and Ofwat in monitoring and enforcement of discharges by water companies under scrutiny

      Youngsters build sand castles next to a storm drain outlet on the beach at Saltburn, North Yorkshire
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Thames Water PLC
      Thames Water boss defends record when running regulator Ofwat

      Decision to appoint watchdog’s former head Cathryn Ross as co-chief of water company draws criticism from MPs

      Thames Water’s logo on the back of clothing worn by one of the company’s workers
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      LexThames Water PLC
      Thames Water: capitalist cistern cracked by implicit contradictions Premium content

      The UK utility is a case study in some of the worst aspects of private equity-style financial engineering

      Repair site signage in London of the UK utility Thames Water
    • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
      Utilities
      Ofwat faces rising tide of criticism as water sector crisis deepens

      Critics say regulator has failed to deliver financial or management discipline

    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      UK infrastructure
      Thames Water faces resistance in £1bn investor cash call, says Ofwat chief

      Utility struggling to raise sum and would need even more beyond that, regulator tells Lords committee

      David Black, chief executive of Ofwat
    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Helen Thomas
      Water has a private equity, not a private ownership, issue

      The listed groups are less geared and have made a better start at tackling problems with ailing infrastructure

      A glass of fresh water being filled from the kitchen tap
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      Thames Water PLC
      Thames Water crisis could hit UK investment, ministers warn

      Utility seeks £1bn to shore up finances amid concern that investment in US is more attractive

    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      ExplainerThames Water PLC
      Why Thames Water is under growing strain

      Cost of utility’s £16bn debt has surpassed price increases it has been able to pass on to consumers

      A Thames Water tender
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      Utilities
      Splash, splash, water company crash?

      Reasons to be fearful in the soggiest sector

    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Thames Water PLC
      UK government looks at nationalising Thames Water as crisis deepens

      Ministers on standby to intervene in debt-laden business a day after abrupt exit of chief Sarah Bentley

      Thames Water workers with a water tanker
    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      UK infrastructure
      Ofwat probes South West Water over leakage data

      Pennon-owned monopoly faces a fine of as much as 10% of turnover

      Protesters demonstrate against the dumping of untreated sewage by water companies off the coast of Brighton, UK
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Pollution
      UK water companies told to put ‘consumers above profits’

      Downing Street intervenes after industry admits households will pay £10bn sewage spills bill

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Environment
      UK water industry pledges £10bn investment to stem sewage spills

      Environmental campaigners dismiss ‘empty’ apology issued by trade body Water UK

      Members of the public and protesters from Hastings and St Leonards Clean Water Action protest against sewage pollution in beaches in St Leonards, Sussex
    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      News in-depthUK infrastructure
      How attempts to cut sewage pollution in England are being undermined by rising costs

      Soaring labour, energy and material charges expected to hinder rapid infrastructure improvements despite mounting public anger

      People gather on the beach to protest against sewage discharges by Southern Water in Whitstable, Kent, in 2022
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      UK politics
      UK competition tsar calls for crackdown on utilities ‘ripping off’ customers

      Shareholders in water and energy monopolies should receive steady but unspectacular returns, says government adviser

      A smart meter in a kitchen
    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      Utilities
      Water companies to be fined for failing to monitor sewage spills from 2025

      Bosses of three utilities in England and Wales agree to waive their bonuses after pollution outcry

      A swan swims through pollution and plant debris on the River Thames at Windsor
    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      Ofwat has fined just one water company over 1994 sewage spill rules

      Only Southern Water in 2019 found to have breached regulations dating back 30 years, FOI data shows

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Pollution
      Two water groups blamed for 40% of England’s sewage spills in 2022

      United Utilities and Yorkshire Water responsible for 124,000 incidents, Environment Agency data shows

      Environment Agency staff take samples from a ruptured pipe leaking sewage on the English coast
    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Pollution
      UK water industry needs tougher policing, says Lords report

      Lax oversight allows focus on financial returns at expense of environment and operational performance

      Sewage fungus growing as a result of untreated sewage being discharged from a treatment works
    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Pollution
      Water companies face fresh accusations over sewage breaches

      Utilities found tipping into popular English and Welsh bathing spots even during dry periods, new data show

      Campaigners take part in a protest against sewage pollution in Cornwall
    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
      Yorkshire Water to pay down almost £1bn in debt to settle regulatory case

      Regional monopoly says move ‘will include capital injections’ and cash that would otherwise have been paid in dividends

      People relaxing on the banks of the Wharfe river in Ilkley, West Yorkshire
    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      Utilities
      UK water companies ordered to cut £150mn from customers’ bills

      Southern Water and Thames Water singled out for missing targets on supply, pollution and sewer flooding

      Water is pumped into a drain
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