UK regulators have no coherent plan to upgrade water infrastructure, watchdog warns

The UK’s water watchdogs are not fit for purpose

On 5 February 2003, a pipe organ in a 14th-century church in the town of Halberstadt in central Germany began sounding the first notes of a work by the American composer John Cage called Organ2/As Slow As Possible. The piece, as the name suggests, is written to be played very slowly indeed; the current record for a completed performance was broken last month at just over 25 hours. The Halberstadt rendition is played by placing sandbags on the pe…

Public failed by water regulators and government - as bills rise, spending watchdog says

Water regulators and the government have failed to provide a trusted and resilient industry at the same time as bills rise, the state spending watchdog has said.

UK regulators have no coherent plan to upgrade water infrastructure, watchdog warns

National Audit Office says Ofwat and environment department do not know state of the assets

Perhaps you've received particularly high water bills in recent months? This increase in water consumption and prices will continue.

The British water sector, blamed for years for obsolete infrastructure and repeated pollution episodes, is going to have to finance colossal investments of £290 billion (€340 billion) over 25 years, warns the UK auditor on Friday. "The sector must attract unprecedented investments," the National ...

Water companies lack experience to deliver new reservoirs, watchdog warns

The UK’s spending watchdog fears water companies are not equipped to deliver nine new reservoirs and have underestimated the cost by £52bn. In a new report into the privatised water industry, the National Audit Office (NAO) raised significant concerns over the sector’s ability to run… The post Water companies lack experience to deliver new reservoirs, watchdog warns appeared first on Construction News.