Water UK

A strong statutory framework is necessary if competition is to be extended in water services - developments in the energy market show why.

Looking back on the first decade of the millennium, the water industry can reflect on steady progress and hard lessons.

Water is the medium through which all the key impacts of climate change will be felt.

An independent review of household charging for water and sewerage services puts governance and trust firmly on the agenda.

Ofwat said its final determinations were a good balance. Not everyone agreed. Whoever is proved right, change is in the air.

Trust market economics to value chewing gum and Ferraris but take care with more complex matters.

Rob Wesley, Water UK Policy Adviser, spoke at the Utility Week Debt Conference on 11 November 2009.

Regulators must at least ensure that foreseeable problems do not return to haunt investors and consumers.

Ofwat must revise its draft price proposals which are a prescription for uncertainty.

Debate about recovery raises hard questions about consumerism and essential services.