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Utility companies certainly pushed the boat out last week with fund-raising wackiness on Red Nose Day. Northumbrian Water's efforts were... ...more »
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March 2009
Where are they now, where were they then?
The great man had cause recently to think about former utility company staff who later became celebrated writers, artists or... ...more »
Generating much sound and fury
Last week, there was a flurry of media attention about last year's Climate Camp action targeting Kingsnorth power station and... ...more »
Metal theft reaches ridiculous proportions
This may or may not be a first, but no doubt the water industry is hoping that it doesn't indicate... ...more »
Lighter moments amid a sea of seriousness
While the last two days of the annual bout of navel gazing that is the Adam Smith Institute Future of... ...more »
Yorkshire Water gets the taste for Comic Relief
Yorkshire Water is preparing to turn its contact centre, Loop, over to Comic Relief this evening. For the fourth time,... ...more »
The yolks on them:
Pictured is a Yorkshire Water team which this month put to the test the theory that drinking plenty of water... ...more »
A league of their own
Spare a thought for cash-strapped and credit-crunched Merthyr Tydfil FC, which is carrying a lot of debt and facing problems... ...more »
Still waters run... run!
Here's a turn-up for the books. Seventy-year-old Southern Water pond warden Tony Brown is keeping schtum about one of his... ...more »
The nasty odour of a new tax
Squeamish readers and those of a nervous disposition may wish to look away at this point. Animal flatulence is back... ...more »
If you don't ask, you don't get...
The great man (Disconnector, that is) was intrigued to see that Greg Clark MP, the Tory shadow energy and climate... ...more »
An issue people an really get their teeth into
It is all going a bit Pete Tong in Southampton, where health chiefs recently decided to require Southern Water to... ...more »
Food waste and wasted money
Last week there was a short parliamentary debate about energy from food waste, which gave MPs a chance to air... ...more »
Ask before you dig
Disconnector is indebted to Utility Week's sister publication Contract Journal. It has reminded us all how important it is to... ...more »