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The water industry is continuing to play its part in the delivery of new homes in the UK by maintaining its high standards of services to developers.

Although there is no new legislation on water expected from the EU this year, there are some very significant reviews of existing directives either already underway or about to start.

The future regulatory framework was the main theme of debate among water companies, investors and stakeholders at the recent Water UK City Conference. Views were given from attendees on Ofwat’s Water 2020 framework. Rory Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at DEFRA also spoke at the conference.

Severn Trent is proud of its 'water-wonder-women' hard at work across the Midlands every day. Almost half of the company’s directors, 66 per cent of new graduates and a quarter of apprentices are female.

UK water companies provide essential infrastructure and services that support all industries and sectors and drive economic growth.

Post-referendum, the water sector like all other industries is assessing the potential impacts across a range of areas. These include the strength of the UK’s economy and the ability to attract investment, legislation and regulation in the environment and other business issues.

The second quarterly report of developer service standards shows water companies have improved on their overall levels of delivery and performance. The second quarterly figures for water supply have risen from 89% to 93% in response to 125,000 developer requests. For sewerage they are up from 94% to 97% - in response to 9,000 developer requests.