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March 2008

Scottish Water back in the goldfish bowl

28 March 2008

The arrival of the competitive water market in Scotland on 1 April has coincided with yet another debate among Members... ...more »

Tags: competition, ownership, Scottish Water, Wics

Get 'em while they're young:

25 March 2008

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Tags: Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water

What's in a name?

25 March 2008

What’s in a name? The great man ponders thus on the news that Labour backbencher Lindsay Hoyle MP has tabled... ...more »

Tags: policy

If the cap fits

25 March 2008

This week, the Drinking Water Inspectorate has pronounced on Severn Trent’s performance during last year’s floods. It involved the biggest... ...more »

Tags: DWI, Severn Trent

Who put that in the toilet?

25 March 2008

North of the border, it is getting personal. The great man refers to the Peeblesshire hamlet of Cardrona, which has... ...more »

Tags: Scottish Water

Women on top

25 March 2008

One contributor to a staff and skills feature in this week’s issue says that utilities find it hard to attract... ...more »

Tags: CCWater, DWI, Ofwat, Water UK

What do you want, a medal?

25 March 2008

Now here’s an intriguing historical tale. Back in 1808, scientist Sir Humphrey Davy, who did early work on electricity and... ...more »

Tags: ENA

Tardy pioneering

25 March 2008

The LDA announced last week what it called “pioneering plans for the UK’s first scheme to harness waste heat... ...more »

Tags: Battersea Power Station, LDA

In the pipeline:

05 March 2008

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Tags: Scottish Water

If it's not one thing, it's another

05 March 2008

Now here’s a sort of X Files moment. Last week, the biggest earthquake to hit the UK caused a lot... ...more »

Tags: gas

You must like being the centre of attention

05 March 2008

No doubt former Severn Trent group chief executive Colin Matthews is pleased about the timing of his latest job move.... ...more »

Tags: Severn Trent

You gotta a lotta bottle

05 March 2008

You would have had to have been living on the moon not to realise that the UK is going through... ...more »

Tags: Cambridge Water, Cheung Kong Infrastructure

Public's attention on standby

05 March 2008

Now it is quite possible that you missed this. The great man certainly did. Disconnector is referring to the UK’s... ...more »

Tags: National Grid