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The water industry is helping to speed up the building of new homes by meeting its recently introduced standards for providing a range of services to developers over 95% of the time.

Use of inflation indices in the water sector - report by NERA Economic Consulting

The second quarterly report of developer service standards shows water companies have improved on their overall levels of delivery and performance. The second quarterly figures for water supply have risen from 89% to 93% in response to 125,000 developer requests. For sewerage they are up from 94% to 97% - in response to 9,000 developer requests.

It might seem difficult to believe, as the weather forecasts warn of yet more rain, but it was only two years ago that parts of Britain were starting to recover from two years of extremely low rainfall. Dry, cold, wet, hot – the meteorological rollercoaster ride of the past three or four years has been exceptional.

Guidance note on pipe crossings and pipe bridges risk assessment

These Water UK background briefings provide further information on the price review and key features of the water industry.

Water UK response to GMB 'Take Back The Tap' Campaign.

The chair of an influential House of Commons committee has spoken out over suggestions that the water industry in England should be taken over by the government.

Over the past 25 years water utilities have invested heavily in drinking water treatment technology to ensure that water for consumption is of high quality.