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Government says securing long-term future of England’s water sector relies on continued #privatesector investment - presumably this will reassure both existing & prospective #investors bit.ly/4z0SybJ #infrastructure
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#BreakingNews MPs on @CommonsEFRA tell #Ofwat & Government to withdraw from negotiating with L&VW consortium & urges Govt to either put #ThamesWater into Special Administration or consider emergency legislation that takes control of its financial affairs bit.ly/4hkXfpU
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RSE CEO Stephen Slessor says data centres should be built next to #wastewater recycling centres & treatment works to limit impact on #Scotland’s water supplies bit.ly/4Ah7Hav “Negative perceptions of water use is a serious challenge for the #datacentre industry"
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#NIWater invites supply chain to register for market engagement event for £12.6 billion major integrated partnerships framework event to take place 26 August 2026 8:45am to 13:00pm - online & in-person bit.ly/4wCZ5bO
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#CCW - new research reveals 6.8% of households in England & Wales faced #waterpoverty in 2024/25
- #customers often face significant gap between what they can reasonably afford & what they actually pay CCW is calling for new national #socialtariff bit.ly/4bQZC1x
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Government rejects call in Lords #drought report for water companies to be statutory consultees on all major #planning decisions bit.ly/4hqli8e Committee had warned "taps could run dry" & "England at risk of sleepwalking into serious #waterscarcity"
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#ThamesWater has gone out to tender with a major AMP8 contract for #sewer rehabilitation with a total estimated value of c £228 million inc VAT bit.ly/45aQJw2 #infrastructure #water
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#BreakingNews #SouthEastWater unveils new £50 million water treatment works to help secure #Kent's water supply - set to supply up to an extra 20 million litres of drinking water every day bit.ly/4pcf91x
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Dry spring & recent #heatwave increase risk of #drought
#NationalDroughtGroup has been told that just 3 months after last drought officially ended parched conditions this spring have increased the risk of drought this summer bit.ly/3QVGeJt
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According to a new report by the #NationalAuditOffice millions of people are missing out on support for #householdbills, including water, energy & broadband as #debt to #water & #energy companies climbs over £7 billion bit.ly/4fHem62
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#BreakingNews SouthWestWater to face multi-million pounds fines in 2 separate court hearings this week?
SWW will learn whether it faces multi-million pound fines in 2 separate prosecutions brought by #DrinkingWaterInspectorate & #EnvironmentAgency
bit.ly/3PXL1K2
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Reminder for anyone that hasn't seen any of the press coverage. First in 3 part #Channel4 docudrama about river pollution& its consequences. #DirtyBusiness 9pm tonight. #Times newspaper asks whether this could be the next Mr Bates vs the #PostOffice bit.ly/4aKUYkm
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#Thames21 launches online data platform to help build picture of #riverhealth across London & Thames Basin
The useful new online dashboard brings together for 1st time key datasets gathered by #citizenscientists across #London & #ThamesBasin bit.ly/4t45Bae
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#BreakingNews #SouthernWater appoints #Arup #Binnies JV as Technical Partner TO design approx 80 km strategic #pipeline to transfer up to 120m litres of water per day from #WhiteHorseReservoir in #Oxfordshire into #Hampshire bit.ly/4t151dc
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#Scotland Excel tenders major £160 million framework contract for engineering & technical consultancy services bit.ly/4qSr1WY inc #flooding #structures #roads #transport #geotechnical #coastal & #drainage work
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#RiverAction takes #Ofwat to High Court accusing regulator of letting #customers ‘pay twice’ for same improvements bit.ly/4otAjqO “Outcome of this case should have profound consequences for next 5-year regulatory review. #PR29 must not repeat the same failures of #PR24"
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#BreakingNews #ThamesWater saga continues Ofwat agrees to Thames Water request for further referral of appeal to CMA with no deadline in sight bit.ly/3JmMvtV
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#NetworkRail Infrastructure Ltd tenders £163.2m framework contract for #civils examination of critical #infrastructure structural assets inc #bridges #culverts #retainingwalls #coastal & #estuary defences #underwater structures & #tunnels bit.ly/46XbPQs deadline 11.11.25
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#NorthernLithium in strategic partnership with #Kurita @KuritaGlobal & #Evove sets targets for 20k+ tonnes pa #lithium production from NE England lithium #brines by 2035 bit.ly/3JehNTK #membranetechnology
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Competition & Markets Authority gives 5 water cos go-ahead to increase #customerbills by an average of 3% beyond levels determined by #Ofwat in its PR24 final determinations in December 2024 bit.ly/47g5jnH
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