Publications - W

Guidance on secondary supplies: consultation responses and impact assessment 31/07/07 In May 2007 (WSL 02/07) we consulted on new guidance for secondary supplies. This document details the responses that we received to the consultation and includes an impact assessment. Water Act 2003 self lay and requisitioning framework implementation process 04/12/03 (PDF - 84Kb) Water Act 2003 water supply licensing implementation process information paper 05/12/03 (PDF - 168Kb) Water Act 2003: Water supply licensing - Policy proposals on exceptions regulations and exemptions - Consultation paper 21/12/04 This consultation paper sets out the supply arrangements that would be prohibited under the new water supply licensing regime but which we propose to allow to continue via 'exceptions' to the prohibitions. Closing date: 22 March 2005 (PDF - 379Kb) Water Act 2003: Water supply licensing - Water undertakers' new conditions of appointment - Consultation paper 21/12/04 This consultation paper sets out the proposed legal text concerning the modifications to the standard conditions of Water Supply Licences that are necessary to implement the new water supply licensing regime. Closing date: 22 March 2005 (PDF - 856Kb) Water and regulation: facts and figures 12/06/08 (PDF - 41Kb) Water and sewerage bills 1999-2000 31/03/99 (PDF - 265Kb) Water and sewerage bills 2000-01 08/03/00 Water and sewerage bills 2001-02 29/03/01 Water and sewerage bills 2002-03 [incorporates Water and you] 16/04/02 (PDF - 1.9Mb) Water and sewerage bills 2003-04 24/04/03 (PDF - 253Kb) Water and sewerage bills 2004-05 05/04/04 (PDF - 69Kb) Water and sewerage bills 2005-06 04/03/05 (PDF - 202Kb) Water and sewerage bills 2006-07 13/03/06 (PDF - 611Kb) Water and sewerage bills 2007-08 28/02/07 (PDF - 5Mb) Water and sewerage charges 2007-08 report: numerical data tables 24/07/07 (Excel - 244Kb) Water and sewerage charges: 2006-07 report - Supplementary tables 12/06/06 (PDF - 391Kb) Water and sewerage charges: 2006-07 report 17/05/06 (PDF - 1.8Mb) Water and sewerage charges: 2007-08 report - Sample bills for business and household supplementary tables 22/05/07 (PDF - 687Kb) Water and sewerage charges: 2007-08 report 16/05/07 (PDF - 1Mb) Water and sewerage industries: general efficiency and potential for improvement. An update by Europe Economics and Professor Nick Crafts for Ofwat 27/07/99 (PDF - 2.2Mb) Water and sewerage service operating costs and efficiency: 1996-97 report. Foreword and summary only 17/12/97 Full document is available free of charge from the Ofwat Library Water and sewerage service operating costs and efficiency: 1997-98 report 16/12/98 Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 1998-99 report 15/03/00 (PDF - 163Kb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 1999-2000 report 15/12/00 (PDF - 307Kb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2000-2001 report 19/12/01 (PDF - 137Kb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2001-2002 report - Chapter 5 amendment 11/02/03 (PDF - 116Kb) See also RD 06/03 for further information Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2001-2002 report - Table 9b amendment  26/03/03 (PDF - 67Kb) See also RD 10/03 for further information Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2001-2002 report 19/12/02 (PDF - 244Kb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2002-03 report 22/01/04 (PDF - 382Kb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2003-04 report 27/01/05 (PDF - 1.05Mb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2004-05 report - Appendix 1: Econometric models 20/12/05 (PDF - 559Kb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2004-05 report 20/12/05 (PDF - 2.29Mb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2005-06 report - Annex 1 31/01/07 Revised January 2007 (PDF - 730Kb) Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2005-06 report 31/01/07 Revised January 2007 (PDF - 1.33Mb) Water and sewerage services during the summer 2007 floods 13/12/07 (PDF - 196Kb) Water and you: this guide illustrates the costs of everyday use of water and sewerage services in England and Wales based on an average bill for 2000-01 08/03/00 Water and you: this guide illustrates the costs of everyday use of water and sewerage services in England and Wales based on an average bill for 2001-02 30/03/01 Water charges and company profits: Position paper 04/06/08 (PDF - 23Kb) Water Delivered Report: An analysis of information reported by water companies for the year 1990-91 09/06/92 (PDF - 3.8Mb) Water efficiency initiatives: good practice register 2006 16/11/06 (PDF - 282Kb) Water efficiency initiatives: good practice register 2007 22/08/07 (PDF - 250Kb) Water Framework Directive pCEA: Ofwat & water industry commentary on the Defra/Environment Agency draft pCEA synthesis report 21/08/07 Defra is collating all the WFD preliminary Cost Effectiveness Analysis (pCEA) data into a national synthesis report and associated Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). This document is an overview of the Ofwat and Water Industry comments on Defra's draft pCEA synthesis report. (PDF - 89Kb) Water Framework Directive preliminary cost effectiveness analysis: water industry working group supporting document 21/08/07 Defra is leading a preliminary Cost Effectiveness Analysis (pCEA) into the WFD. This final draft document contains the Water Industry's initial estimates of environmental improvement costs for comparison with costs in other sectors affecting the water environment. (PDF - 396Kb) Water Framework Directive: Economic analysis of water industry costs 21/11/05 Report co-funded by Ofwat and Defra as a contribution to the Collaborative Research Programme (PDF - 1Mb) Water Framework Directive: Position paper 23/03/06 (PDF - 53Kb) Water Industry Act 1991 Financial Penalties: Response to the consultation on draft statement of policy and definition of turnover 24/03/05 (PDF - 80Kb) Water Industry Act 1991 Section 8(3): proposal by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) to vary the appointments of Independent Water Networks Limited and Anglian Water Services Limited 03/06/08 Closing date: 1 July 2008 Water Industry Act 1991, Section 13 (2): proposals by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) to modify the conditions of appointment of Yorkshire Water Services Ltd as a water and sewerage undertaker 14/08/08 Closing date: 11 September 2008 Water Industry Act 1991, Section 8 and 13: proposals by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) that South East Water Limited replace Mid Kent Water Limited as the Water Undertaker for the latter's Water Supply Area and to modify the conditions of appointment of South East Water Limited as a Water Undertaker 02/11/07 Closing date: 30 November 2007 Water industry forward look 2010-30: Some possible views of the future 21/03/06 (PDF - 271Kb) Water metering: Position paper 25/05/06 (PDF - 70Kb) Water pricing review: Government publishes final guidance 04/10/04 Final guidance from the Secretary of State to the Director General of Water Services: 2004 periodic review of price limits Water Services Regulation Authority: resource accounts 2006-07 for the year ended 31 March 2007 31/07/07 (PDF - 172Kb) Water supply licensing: Customer transfer protocol - Consultation responses and RIA 04/11/05 (PDF - 195Kb) Water supply licensing: Customer transfer protocol 04/11/05 (PDF - 430Kb) Water Supply Licensing: Guidance on Access Codes - Consultation responses and RIA 24/06/05 (PDF - 243Kb) Water Supply Licensing: Guidance on Access Codes 24/06/05 From autumn 2005 non-household customers who use at least 50Ml water a year at eligible premises can switch from their existing water undertaker to a new water supply licensee. The paper sets out the principles water undertakers must follow when granting access to their supply systems. (PDF - 493Kb) Water supply licensing: Guidance on eligibility - Consultation responses and RIA 18/11/05 (PDF - 181Kb) Water supply licensing: guidance on eligibility 31/07/07 This is version 2 of the guidance on eligibility which sets out how to assess whether a customer's premises are eligible to be supplied by a water supply licensee. (PDF - 194Kb) Water supply licensing: Guidance on eligibility 18/11/05 (PDF - 216Kb) Water supply licensing: Procedure for handling water supply licensing determinations - Responses to the consultation 18/11/05 (PDF - 132Kb) Water supply licensing: Procedure for handling water supply licensing determinations 18/11/05 (PDF - 177Kb) Water Supply Licensing: Proposed procedure for handling Water Supply Licensing determinations - Consultation paper 27/06/05 Closing date: 16 September 2005 (PDF - 234Kb) Water Supply Licensing: Template for access codes 24/06/05 (PDF - 158Kb) Welsh language scheme: 2007 17/12/07 (PDF - 100Kb) What is the cost of reducing ammonia, nitrates and BOD in sewage treatment works effluent? 08/01/07 Report commissioned by Ofwat from Oxera (PDF - 353Kb) What to do if you have problems with your water company: Water woes 15/12/06 (PDF - 174Kb) Worldwide water comparisons 1999-2000 04/12/01 (PDF - 1.6Mb)