As of June 6, 2025, six major water companies in England, including Thames Water and Yorkshire Water, are banned from issuing bonuses to senior executives due to failures in environmental and consumer standards. This ban is part of the new Water (Special Measures) Act aimed at improving accountability in the sector.
The ban follows a decade of excessive bonuses totaling over £112 million for water executives, despite increasing sewage pollution incidents. The new legislation empowers Ofwat to enforce stricter regulations on water companies that fail to meet performance standards.
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Thames Water Utilities Limited, trading as Thames Water, is a British private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment in most of Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, Surrey, Gloucestershire, north Wiltshire, far...
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The Water Services Regulation Authority, or Ofwat, is the body responsible for economic regulation of the privatised water and sewerage industry in England and Wales.
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Yorkshire Water is a water supply and treatment utility company servicing West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, part of North Lincolnshire, most of North Yorkshire and part of Derbyshire, in England.
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Steve, Steven or Stephen Reed may refer to:
Stephen Reed (1801–1877), American newspaper publisher and geologist
Steven Reed (political scientist) (born 1947), American political scientist
Stephen R. Reed (1949–2020), American politician
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United Utilities Group plc (UU) is the United Kingdom's largest listed water company. It was founded in 1995 as a result of the merger of North West Water and NORWEB. The group manages the regulated water and waste water network in North West England...
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Anglian Water is a water company that operates in the East of England. Anglian Water is regulated under the United Kingdom Water Industry Act 1991. It came into existence in 1989 as part of the partial privatisation of the water industry. It took on the w
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Southern Water is the private utility company responsible for the public wastewater collection and treatment in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent, and for the public water supply and distribution in approximately half of...
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Wessex Water Services Limited, known as Wessex Water, is a water supply and sewerage utility company serving an area of South West England, covering 10,000 square kilometres including Bristol, most of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire and parts of Gloucester
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the northwestern coast of the European mainland.