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Water UK Chief Executive Michael Roberts has responded to the National Infrastructure Commission’s report on the water sector.

Commenting on Ofwat’s launch of consultation on methodology for PR19, Michael Roberts, Chief Executive of Water UK, said: “Today’s launch is a significant milestone in the forthcoming price review for water companies in England and Wales for the period 2020 to 2025

The Labour Party has launched their manifesto today (16 May 2017). Water UK has responded to the plans within the manifesto.

There is not long left before more than 1.2 million small businesses, charities and public sector bodies in England will be free to choose their water and wastewater supplier.

Water UK has appointed Michael Roberts as its next Chief Executive, succeeding Pamela Taylor, who is stepping down at the end of 2015.

The annual Leakage Conference in October brings policy and regulatory perspectives from Ofwat, the Environment Agency and CCWater in an event that will see water industry presentations and debate on current issues, trends and challenges. The conference will be chaired by Martin Baggs, CEO Thames Water.

Once again the excellent quality of our drinking water has been confirmed via the DWI results for England and Wales. This year’s Chief Inspector’s report also took the opportunity to reflect on the scale of the improvements over the past 25 years.

Experts in the field of hydration gathered this month at an event jointly sponsored by Water UK and the Royal Society of Medicine. The conference was well attended and the discussion wide-ranging. Even though there was general agreement that sugar-based drinks were a cause of many problems in modern society, there was no consensus on what fluid should be used to hydrate - water, tea, juice or even wine.

The water industry has begun to think about what it would like to see from a revision of the Water Framework Directive.