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The UK water regulator, Ofwat, has produced a report about introducing competition to the residential retail water market.

In November 2017, Ofwat published a new “Code” which amended the regulatory regime for all water companies which operate wholly or mainly in England.

Water UK has responded to Ofwat's PR19 final methodology announcement today, Wednesday 13th December 2017.

Visitors to England’s seaside and bathing waters will be able to enjoy cleaner water than ever before, thanks to improvements made over the past two decades. Bathing water quality, tested at 413 beaches and lakes across the country, is the best on record with 98.5% passing tough standards this year.

Water UK is supporting the bag it and #binit4beaches campaign this autumn.

The Department for Environment, has announced today that 98.3% of bathing waters in England met the tough standards for water quality in 2017.

The UK bathing season starts this month and runs until the end of September. For 2014, monitoring data will be assessed using the standards set in the current bathing water directive. This is the last season these standards will be used. From 2015, bathing water quality will be assessed using new, stricter standards.

The latest results for compliance to the European Bathing Water Directive by UK coastal and inland bathing waters show that:
• 95.4% of UK bathing waters met the minimum standard - that is 595 out of 624 bathing waters
• 60% of bathing waters met the Directive’s excellent standard

Although water bills comprise less than 1% of household expenditure, water companies continue to help all hard-pressed UK households by charging stable and affordable prices.

Water UK background briefings provide further information on the 2014 Price Review and key features of the water industry.

Water UK has published the results of an extensive independent audit into companies’ reporting of developer services performance.

Water UK has responded to a letter from the Secretary of State to water company CEOs.