Regulation of the water system in England and Wales is regularly deemed to be failing, but recently Ofwat has started to use ...

Britain’s water industry is undergoing the biggest overhaul since privatization more than three decades ago, prompted by a ...

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The firm was unable to cope during high demand, Ofwat says, leading to "immense stress" for customers. A major review called for oversight of water companies in Wales and England to be overhauled. The ...

Ofwat is to be scrapped as part of a radical overhaul of a “broken” water regulatory system, Environment Secretary Steve Reed confirmed today. He said the regulator established at privatisation in ...

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Regulator Ofwat has launched an investigation into South East Water after repeated outages left thousands without drinking water in Kent and Sussex Affected customers in East Grinstead now have water, ...

An independent review of the water industry is to recommend sweeping changes to the way the sector is managed, including the potential replacement of Ofwat with a strengthened body combining economic ...

David Black’s decision comes amid intense scrutiny of water companies and criticism of the sector The chief executive of Ofwat is to step down at the end of the month, after the government announced ...

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