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What is Ofwat for?

Energy Managers Association, CEO Lord Redesdale questions why Ofwat isn’t looking more to the long term  for its solutions. The Water Bill is inching its...

Water footprint ISO standard

ISO has published a standard for measuring your water footprint. ISO 14046, Environmental management – Water footprint – Principles, requirements and guidelines, will allow...

Intelligent district heating grid

Kamstrup has won the final round of tenders for 28,000 meters in Aarhus Municipality's district heating project. With the intelligent reading system, Aarhus Municipality...

Esos for water: Why wait to discover the obvious?

A prominent energy consultant recently floated the idea of creating a water equivalent to the Energy Saving Obligation Scheme (Esos). He called it Wsos....

Regulator’s wrong sums leading to higher water bills says government watchdog

Miscalculations by regulator Ofwat have led to windfall gains for water companies and customers paying over the odds on water bills, the Public Accounts...

Water competition: Big savings or damp squib?

The retail water market is deregulating in April. That means firms in England will be able to choose their supplier. But can businesses expect...

Tender: Water retailer to serve 300 restaurants

Casual Dining Group seeks a retailer for both water and wastewater across some 300 UK restaurants. A competitive tender process goes live this month. The independent...
Nando's seeks new water supplier for almost 400 outlets

Nando’s seeks water supplier for 400 restaurants

Restaurant chain Nando's will tender for a water supplier in early 2018. "Having firmly embedded waste reduction principles and procurement processes in our business, we...

National Grid gas chief joins former Eon boss at Affinity Water

National Grid director of gas transmission, Pauline Walsh, will be the new chief executive officer of Affinity Water, taking over from Simon Cocks at...

Nottingham Council to self-supply water, hand responsibility to energy team

Nottingham City Council will start supplying water to its own estate next month - with responsibility handed to its energy services team. Having acquired a...

Prisons with oil-based heating are a key target for green energy projects, says MoJ

The Ministry of Justice is "seeking expert advice" on how it can achieve a 'net zero' target for its property portfolio - mainly prisons...