Our vision for the sector is ambitious and we cannot achieve it alone.
We work a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that we can drive companies to deliver a good quality and reliable service for customers, the environment and wider society. Below are some of the stakeholders we work.
Regulating the sector – who does what
We work alongside the UK and Welsh Governments and other regulators to oversee the work of the water sector. Find out more about who does what in our ‘Water sector overview‘.
We have agreements (‘Memorandums of understanding’) with organisations we work closely with. And framework for working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
We also work closely with regulators in other sectors of the economy through the UK Regulators Network and Joint Regulators Group.
Some of the stakeholders we work
Customers
- Household customers in England and Wales
- Business customers in England and Wales
- Vulnerable customers
- Future customers
- Communities and wider society
Customer representatives
- Consumer Council for Water
- Customer advice bodies
- Customer trade bodies
- Customer challenge groups
UK, Welsh and local Government
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England)
- Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs (Wales)
- No. 10
- HM Treasury
- Cabinet Office
- Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- National Audit Office
- Greater London Authority
- Local authorities
Regulators
- Drinking Water Inspectorate
- Environment Agency
- Natural Resources Wales
- Competition Markets Authority
- Other economic regulators
- UK regulators network (UKRN)
- UK competition network (UKCN)
- Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS)
Financial organisations
- Current water company shareholders
- Debt investors
- Equity investors
- Credit rating agencies
- Financial advisors
- Potential new investors
- Auditors
Legislators
- UK Parliament
- Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament)
Water sector
- Water and wastewater companies
- Water only companies
- Companies in the business retail market
- Self-lay providers
- Developers
- Infrastructure providers
- Potential new entrants
- Water supply licensees
- New appointments and variations
- Supply chain
- External engineers
Interest groups
- Environmental groups and charities
- Customer groups and social charities
- Water company trade bodies
- Academics and researchers
- Water-related businesses
- Think tanks and thought leaders
- Trade unions
- Consultants