Water bill validation is an absolute must for non household water customers
Like most businesses and organisations, you probably assume your water, wastewater and trade effluent bills are correct? Well unfortunately that couldn’t be further fr...
Like most businesses and organisations, you probably assume your water, wastewater and trade effluent bills are correct? Well unfortunately that couldn’t be further fr...
It’s possible that annual water bills could increase by £156 a year by 2030 if water suppliers in England and Wales are successful in their petition to industry watchdog Ofwat, ...
The last few months have been relatively erratic where UK weather is concerned, with the driest February for 30 years quickly followed by the wettest March for 40 years. The...
It’s an oft-cited fact that, despite being absolutely essential for the very survival of mankind, the water crisis is the least-discussed aspect of the climate emergency… but t...
The National Drought Group (NDG), which is made up of experts from the Environment Agency, the Met Office, water companies and farming and environmental groups, has emphasised the ...
Industry regulator Ofwat has issued a call for water companies around the UK to try out more innovative ways of charging their customers to help make bills more affordable and to e...
Some parts of the UK could soon run out of water, with river levels round the country now at record lows… a situation that experts are now expecting to be exacerbated by a dry sp...
The news we in the water market have been waiting for, increases in water bills, and lets not forget the wastewater bills. There were expectations in the market of above inf...
Warnings have been issued by multiple governments around Europe of critical water shortages as the winter drought continues to make its presence felt, with heatwaves and a dearth o...
Utility company Anglian Water has issued a warning for the east of England, saying that the region will likely be hit by drought come the summer months after a particularly dry win...
As the realities of climate change are increasingly felt around the world, in the form of more frequent and extreme weather events, rising global temperatures and water stress and ...
In 2022, the UK saw its driest summer for almost 30 years and it seems that we may well see similar conditions strike the length and breadth of the country this year as well, with ...
As is now abundantly clear, the changing climate is having an impact on air circulation around the world, which in turn leads to changes in precipitation and evaporation, influenci...
SwitchWaterSupplier.com is the UK’s only business water switching site that tenders business water supply contracts to the whole water retail market. This is the only ...
We’re all starting to feel the effects of climate change increasingly as time goes on and it will touch all aspects of our lives sooner rather than later… even when it comes to...
This summer may well have been something of a wakeup call for businesses and individuals alike, with the intense temperatures recorded in July and August revealing just how vulnera...
With drought conditions expected to become more commonplace as time goes on, finding solutions to the problem of potential water shortages in the future has never been more pressin...
As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, China is home to some 20 per cent of the world’s population – but it only has six per cent of global freshwater resour...
Analysis of data taken from 2021 has revealed that it would take water suppliers in England a somewhat shocking 2,000 years to replace their water and wastewater pipes if they cont...
The biggest threat to global food security over the next 20 years will be increased demand for water, according to a new report published in the One Earth journal… but collaborat...
The UK has enjoyed some much milder weather over the last few weeks than was experienced midway through July and the cooler temperatures have certainly been a very welcome respite ...
Back in 2020, water and wastewater companies around the UK published the 2050 Water Innovation Strategy, the first time that a vision for the sector had been outlined collectively,...
Infrastructure advisers have called on the government to implement a national UK-wide hosepipe ban as a top priority, in conjunction with compulsory water metering around the count...
It’s with a sigh of relief that we say goodbye to the soaring temperatures seen just a week or so ago, but just because we don’t have the sun bearing down on us at the moment d...
With climate change and the water crisis now taking its toll on rivers around the UK, it seems that one casualty of the climate emergency is the Atlantic salmon, one of our most ic...
The government has announced new plans to protect waterways in England, with measures included to reduce nutrient pollution, which poses a significant and urgent risk to freshwater...
Utility company Yorkshire Water has agreed to donate £400,000 to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust following two separate water pollution incidents, with the donations used to further ...
The Environment Agency’s annual report on the environmental performance of water and sewerage companies in England has just been released… and it makes for very damning reading...
With the intense summer sun now bearing down upon us this week, it seems that the realities of climate change are really starting to set in. Average summer temperatures in t...
Utility company South West Water has called on its customers all over Devon and Cornwall to do all they can to save five litres of water a day at the moment in a bid to help mainta...
One of the biggest causes of ecological degradation around the world is the over-abstraction of water taken from aquifers, rivers, lakes and chalk streams. And global busine...
As with any industry these days, it is fast becoming essential for British horseracing to review its operations and see if there are any improvements that can be pushed through to ...
While you might not think that it would be a particular concern for such a damp part of the world, water stress and scarcity is already proving to be problematic in Scotland, espec...
Over the last few years, wildfire season around the world has really come to the fore as a topic for significant concern, with many regions around the world – including Austr...
It’s very easy to take our water supplies for granted here in the UK. We simply turn on the taps and out it comes. But as time goes on and the impacts of climate change ar...
Water industry regulator Ofwat has had legal proceedings launched against it by an environmental campaigning group that says it has unlawfully failed to prevent water companies acr...
The problem of global water security is expected to become more acute as the impacts of climate change are felt more keenly around the world in the future, with pressure on freshwa...
The east of England is the driest part of the country, with water resources coming under increasing amounts of pressure from climate change and population growth, so much so in fac...
Back in 1630, dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden set about creating the Old Bedford and New Bedford rivers (now the New Bedford River and the River Delph), with the idea being to i...
Early warnings for some parts of Scotland have been issued in the country’s first water scarcity report of 2022, with organisations in affected regions urged to consider water ef...
Water scarcity is one of the biggest challenges that the 21st century has to face, with global shortages now starting to emerge as a real threat, driven by population growth, water...
SwitchWaterSupplier.com are delighted to announce they are supporting the MEUC at the Major Energy Users Expo by exhibiting with their key management team. The Expo which op...
As of April 1st this year, businesses of all shapes and sizes will have had to account for a rise in retail water rates, with price caps increasing by 0.49 per cent. These fees are...
Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail, as the old adage goes, and this is particularly true from a business perspective in the 21st century, with the climate crisis deepening all...
A new report from the Centre of Expertise for Waters has just revealed that the lochs and reservoirs in Scotland are already warming rapidly and extensively thanks to climate chang...
One of the least discussed topics associated with the climate emergency is the water crisis but it’s an issue that will affect every continent and most regions at some point in t...
As is often said these days, the climate crisis is a water crisis and the consequences of climate change and global warming will be felt worldwide, predominantly in the form of wat...
A new project is now underway in South Yorkshire that will see full fibre broadband deployed safely via drinking water mains pipes between Barnsley and Penistone. If the trial is s...
As the pressures of climate change, population growth, ageing infrastructure, water mismanagement and pollution all increasingly take hold over the next few years, experts are pred...
The government has announced new long-term environmental targets, designed to protect and enhance the natural world, including water and air quality, as well as wildlife diversity....
The government has announced that changes are due to be implemented to the Environment Agency’s abstraction charges, with a new framework launched for businesses (including farme...
World Water Day is just around the corner, an awareness campaign that takes place on March 22nd every year to celebrate water and raise awareness of the two billion people who live...
Companies, brands and innovators keen to tackle the climate emergency head on, with a specific focus on the water crisis, may be interested to learn that applications for the new M...
As global temperatures increase, no continent will escape the realities of climate change and, indeed, the effects are already being felt by millions around the world. For E...
A new river quality project, led by Nature England in partnership with Northumbrian Water, is set to begin, focusing on the River Tweed catchment, the Tweed Estuary and Northumberl...
Water stress and scarcity. It truly is a global issue and one that is already affecting millions of people all over the world, with every continent impacted in some way by the cris...
Utility company Severn Trent has issued a call to volunteers from the local Hinkley community to help it plant five Tiny Forests at five sites in Langdale Park, Ashby Road Cemetery...
Utility company Yorkshire Water has paid Yorkshire Wildlife Trust £300,000 following a breach of its environmental permit that saw sewage discharged without authorisation from its...
Utility company Thames Water has announced that it is funding 20 nature-based schemes to help tackle flooding in London and the Thames Valley through the creation of sustainable ur...
The water retail market was deregulated April 2017 allowing none-household customers such as businesses, charities and public sector organisation to switch water supplier. Giving c...
Despite the fact that Poole Harbour in Dorset is a designated Special Protection Area and Site of Special Scientific Interest, the amount of nitrogen entering the harbour has more ...
When it comes to water efficiency, innovation is certainly key and the good news in this regard is that we have a huge amount of technology at our disposal these days to help us ac...
A new UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP) forum has been launched, intended to identify and improve collaborative working on the challenges now facing the agriculture sector, with th...
Utility company Yorkshire Water has been fined £233,000 and ordered to pay £18,766 in costs after it admitted to making unpermitted discharges of raw untreated sewage – whi...
SwitchWaterSupplier.com is the only independent, impartial, transparent water retail procurement platform in the UK water retail market. When customers are searching for bus...
Typically, urban wastewater (or what we commonly refer to as sewage) is a mixture of domestic wastewater from baths, toilets, sinks and washing machines, as well as wastewater from...
A new report covering the six months leading up to 30th September 2021 has revealed what a “challenging and extraordinary” year utility company Scottish Water had, faced with r...
More than 400 designated sites have been tested by the Environment Agency and the results are in: 99 per cent of bathing waters in England have now passed water quality standards. ...
Water Resources South East (WRSE), a coalition of the six water companies serving the south-east of England, has published a draft plan to help maintain the water supplies in the r...
Utility company Severn Trent has been working with farmers across the region to protect soil health in areas facing high risk of nitrate water pollution, with growers being paid to...
With the planet firmly in the grip of the climate emergency, 21st century society looks set to face a wide-range of different challenges in the years ahead and changes will need to...
Pay a visit to Rutland Water Nature Reserve in the near future and you might well just be lucky enough to see the fossilised remains of the largest ichthyosaur in Britain, also kno...
The global food and beverage sector is worth an incredible $6 trillion and lies at the very heart of the water crisis, with companies in the industry reliant on vast amounts of wat...
As we all know by now, of course, the climate crisis is very real and the effects of climate change and rising global temperatures are being felt the whole world over. Exper...
Utility company Thames Water has embarked upon a pilot project involving tiny forests, native woodland that is especially fast-growing and dense, capable of attracting more than 50...
Somerset-based farm business Alvis Brothers of Lye Cross Farm in Redhill has been fined £37,184 after pleading guilty to two pollution incidents that took place in 2019, following...
The water industry in the UK could make resources more affordable and companies more self-sufficient if anaerobic digestion and the conversion of sewage to energy is given greater ...
A partnership between the Environment Agency, Norwich City Council and the Norfolk Rivers Trust has just seen a river habitat restoration project along the River Yare near Earlham ...
Water makes up around 70 per cent of the earth’s surface, with over 326 million trillion gallons to be found here – but the answer to the question of where did it all come ...
Is water the forgotten utility? Absolutely not for companies such as Switchwatersupplier.com who is in at the forefront of the de-regulated water market Who are extremely busy help...
Utility company Anglian Water has teamed up with environmental consultants from Five Rivers, Binnies and Jackson to deliver 16 separate river restoration schemes, all designed to i...
Water supplier United Utilities has announced that it will be making use of innovative technology known as the Critical Infrastructure Pipeline Protection System to track deteriora...
Water supplier Thames Water has been fined £4 million for discharging nearly half a million litres of raw sewage over the course of around 30 hours into the Seacourt and Hinksey s...
Thames Water has been forging ahead with its environmental plans, with the development of new wetlands just outside Aylesbury sewage works, as well as the restoration of two hectar...
A new taskforce has been set up by water supplier Southern Water to reduce storm overflows by 80 per cent come 2030, part of the company’s wider programme of investment to bring ...
A Somerset-based farmer has been handed down a £11,000 fine after pleading guilty to polluting a tributary of Sedgemoor Old Rhyne on three separate occasions for the second time i...
Scottish Water has revealed that a £2 million investment project in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, designed to tackle sewer flooding has now reached completion, substantially reducing...
The county of Cambridgeshire has been issued a warning to prepare now for the impacts of climate change, with a new report revealing that the region will soon start seeing summer t...
Utility company Scottish Water has just completed an ambitious solar energy scheme that will help power two of Aberdeen’s main service reservoirs and support the firm’s 2040 ne...
Utility company Thames Water has launched its Smarter Water Catchments Initiative for the River Evenlode, with the aim being to improve the water quality of waterways across Oxford...
England’s £3 billion water market was deregulated in April 2017, meaning that non-domestic customers were able to switch water supplier for the first time ever, allowing them to...
Complaints in writing to water companies around the UK climbed by 11 per cent between 2020 and 2021, compared to the previous year, reaching their highest level in five years. &nbs...
Some 11 distilleries in Speyside in northeast Scotland have been recognised for their efforts in water conservation, after they formed a Spey Catchment Group to drive forward proje...
Anglian Water’s climate initiative Future Fens: Integrated Adaptation is due to be showcased at a global hybrid event at COP26 in Glasgow this November, available to a global onl...
As part of Ofwat’s £36 million Water Innovation Challenge, utility company Bristol Water has been awarded £620,000 to explore lower carbon alternatives to local drought plannin...
It’s essential that only flushable items are sent down into the sewer network if the environment is to be protected, but it seems that there are still many out there who are unaw...
England’s £3 billion water market was deregulated in April 2017, meaning that non-domestic customers were able to switch water supplier for the first time ever, allowing them to...
A very stark warning has been issued to the world regarding the climate crisis, with the chairman of technology consultancy Isle saying that there is no more time left to act and i...
Thames Water has been fined £2.3 million following failures to address faulty equipment at a sewage treatment plant, which resulted in a stream being polluted with sewage, killing...
Reducing the water usage and consumption of your business will only become more important as time goes on and the pressures of climate change, population growth, extreme weather ev...
Did you know that more than three billion litres of water is lost through leakage every single day in England alone? Isn’t that a rather alarming fact! As the pressures of...
As a business, water bill validation is one of the most effective ways to save yourself money where your water supplies are concerned but also help protect this precious resource f...
Yorkshire Water has announced that it will be investing more than £1 million in Hawes and the surrounding area, as part of plans to strengthen the existing pipe network and ensure...
The health of the general public is being put at risk, as is the environment, by water companies that are routinely discharging raw and untreated sewage into waterways, with firms ...
On the 25th March the National Audit Office published the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ report on “Water supply and demand management”, which reflects on ...
With the lockdown in place the water market may be going in to a period of hibernation with the wholesalers and retailers focusing their limited resource on essential activities on...
Over a year in development and we are now trading, new clients are taking a significant interest, and customer water and waste water data is being uploaded to the water trading pla...