Debate and opinion including published articles and speeches
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20/07/10
Innovation perspectives
The water sector is always being beaten about the head for lack of innovation. It is time for a fresh look.
18/06/10
A two-year window for water regulation
We need to change water regulation policy in the coming two years, to make sure service and quality go on improving in the coming two decades.
The water companies, through Water UK, have published a joint blueprint for action showing how this can be achieved.
17/06/10
Who cleaned up our beaches?
Despite the old saying, success usually does have many parents...
14/06/10
Humanity and self-interest make global water policy everyone's concern
A report on some unwelcome implications of increasing global trade has a particular resonance in Water Saving Week.
27/04/10
A Martian For All Seasons - A Post-Election Drama In Two Acts
While the water industry was concentrating on price reviews, the dramatic idea was promoted that its problems are so great that radical change is the only solution.
26/03/10
Infrastructure - talk is turning to action
Improving the national infrastructure is vital, but too often other things have priority. How the blockers are being overcome.
17/02/10
Markets and security of supply
A strong statutory framework is necessary if competition is to be extended in water services - developments in the energy market show why.
29/01/10
Water services in England and Wales: a decade of delivery
Looking back on the first decade of the millennium, the water industry can reflect on steady progress and hard lessons.
18/01/10
Climate change and water
Water is the medium through which all the key impacts of climate change will be felt.
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