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The extraction of shale gas poses potential risks to groundwater reserves, for example through contamination with chemicals used in the fracking process. However, the Infrastructure Act, passed last month, will help mitigate these risks. It states that water companies will need to be consulted for all planning applications involving the boring for, or getting of, oil and natural gas from shale.

Water UK Chief Executive Michael Roberts has responded to Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour Party Conference.

Water UK's Chief Executive, Michael Roberts, has responded to the SMF's report on the costs of nationalising the water industry.

Water UK has responded to the Environment Agency's State of the Environment report

A vital new measure in the Housing and Planning Bill has been proposed by the House of Lords that will help ensure essential flood prevention measures are put in place at new housing developments.

Apprentices have as much chance of progressing up to senior levels as anyone else. One example is Wessex Water’s general manager of supply services, Ashlea Lane.

Leakage is affected by the weather, especially in cold winters, and so may rise or fall from one year to the next. Nevertheless the overall trend in leakage in England and Wales over the past ten years has been continuously downward.

Water UK has published the responses to the Water UK new connections charging consultation. T

Water UK responded to the NIRC questionnaire on sector interaction and information flow.

The Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS), with the support of WaterSafe and UK water companies, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of plumbing notification laws.