This week’s Pixie Chart of the week is a collaboration with our parent company, Cornwall Insight.
In a speech to the Waterwise Conference on 19 March, the Environment Agency’s (EA’s) Chief Executive Sir James Bevan introduced the concept of the “jaws of death” – a combination of rising population and decreasing rainfall, which is set to deliver significant water shortages from the 2040s.
But how great a concern are the jaws of death?
Water
Industry magazine Water & Wastewater Treatment published the results of an innovation survey on 25 November. Senior executives and managers of water companies were surveyed in partnership with innovation trade body UK Water Industry Research, examining attitudes towards ongoing and future innovation efforts at GB water & sewerage companies (WaSCs)...
Water
The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater), the customer watchdog for the water sector in England and Wales, issued its state of the market update on 13 September. CCWater’s annual Water Water Everywhere? the report looks at water companies’ performance in 2018-19 and includes some key statistics on customer satisfaction and the...
Water
The business water retail market was revolutionised on 1 April last year, when it opened to greatly expanded competition. After a rocky start for some retailers, it has begun to function reasonably well, delivering some of the promised benefits. But what has happened to the market share in the water...
Water
Cornwall Insight has closely followed the water switching activity that has unfolded in the new water retail market. Until recently, the only data from market operator MOSL had been on the number of supply points switched. This limited the visibility of the value of customers. This has recently changed when...
