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  1. Doubt hangs over competitive retail market opening date


    Industry insiders and commentators expressed scepticism yesterday over whether the government's planned competitive retail market can be ready by the regulator's preferred opening date...

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  2. Water affordability bill to enable subsidy payments to South West customers gets first reading


    A bill that would enable government subsidies to be paid to South West Water customers has had its first reading in the House of Commons today...

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  3. Wessex Water joins metal theft sting


    Ten people have been arrested in relation to metal theft after Wessex Water joined police in scrap yard raids on Monday...

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  4. Water bills rising


    The average water bill in England and Wales is expected to rise by 0.5 per cent above inflation to £376 in 2012/13...

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  5. Scottish Water launches international arm, starting with Canada


    Scottish Water is exporting expertise to Canada in what it hopes will be the first of many contracts for its newly launched international division...

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  6. Abstraction action boosts rivers


    Tighter restrictions on abstraction licences have boosted the health of more than 590 miles of river across England and Wales, according to Environment Agency figures released today...

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  7. Thames and Southern on drought permit alert


    Thames Water and Southern Water could be the next companies to apply for drought permits, while much of East Anglia remains in drought...

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  8. Severn Trent prosecutes manufacturer over effluent breach


    A Walsall firm was yesterday made to pay out nearly £7,000 for illegally discharging trade effluent into a Severn Trent sewer...

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  9. Bad debt backtrack to spare red tape


    Plans to tackle bad debt by forcing landlords to supply tenant details to water companies could be stymied by a gover..

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  10. Abstraction reform 'timely'


    The Environment Agency has defended the measured pace of abstraction reform as proposed in the government's Water Whi..

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