Chronological list of publications 2007

20/12/07  Market competition in the water and sewerage industries in England and Wales. Part one : water supply licensing The purpose of this paper is to present our recommendations for changes to the Water Supply Licensing (WSL) regime, as part of our plan to introduce effective market competition into the water and sewerage sectors in England and Wales. 17/12/07  Welsh language scheme: 2007 (PDF - 100Kb) 14/12/07  Interim Determination: Condition B 13.2 decision - Bristol Water plc 14/12/07  Interim Determination: Condition B 13.2 decision - Dee Valley Water plc 13/12/07  Guidance on the application of the Competition Act 1998 in the water and sewerage sectors: consultation - letter to stakeholders 13/12/07  Guidance on the application of the Competition Act 1998 in the water and sewerage sectors: consultation Closing date: 13 March 2008 13/12/07  Water and sewerage services during the summer 2007 floods (PDF - 196Kb) 12/12/07  Relative efficiency assessment 2006-07 30/11/07  H2Ofwat Newsletter: Issue 10 (PDF - 272Kb) 29/11/07  Ofwat's response to the Pesticide Safety Directorate consultation on the proposed consolidation of plant protection and pesticide legislation: inclusion of regulation on record keeping in draft regulations (Word - 310Kb) 15/11/07  Levels of service for the water industry in England and Wales 2006-07 report 02/11/07  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 Closing date: 30 November 2007 02/11/07  Ofwat's response to the Environment Agency's consultation on water resources strategy (Word - 336Kb) 02/11/07  Ofwat's evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Inquiry into flooding (Word - 94Kb) 02/11/07  Special agreement register 2007-08 Updated November 2007 01/11/07  Menu regulation proposals for PR09 - working example 26/10/07  Proposal by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) to vary the Appointments of Independent Water Networks Limited and Anglian Water Services Limited Closing date: 23 November 2007 24/10/07  Ofwat's response to Defra's consultation on private sewers transfer – implementation options (Word - 360Kb) 18/10/07  Indexing the allowed rate of return Report commissioned by Ofwat and Office of Rail Regulation from Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd.(CEPA) (PDF - 341Kb) 18/10/07  Menu regulation proposals for PR09 - consultation paper 18/10/07  Assessing approaches to expenditure and incentives Report commissioned by Ofwat from Oxera (PDF - 467Kb) 16/10/07  Security of supply 2006-07 report 28/09/07  Notice of Ofwat's proposal to impose a penalty on Thames Water Utilities for failures to meet the standards of performance prescribed under the GSS regulations Closing date: 29 October 2007 28/09/07  Notice of Ofwat's proposal to impose a penalty on Thames Water Utilities in respect of regulatory reporting Closing date: 29 October 2007 27/09/07  Joint Equality Scheme 2006-09 25/09/07  Financial performance and expenditure of the water companies in England and Wales 2006-07 report 19/09/07  Debt and disconnection figures 2006-07 (PDF - 120Kb) 18/09/07  Customers registered with water and sewerage companies for special assistance 18/09/07  Customers applying for help under the Vulnerable Group's Regulations - 2005-06 and 2006-07 07/09/07  Capital maintenance econometric return 2008 (CMER08): draft reporting requirements 22/08/07  H2Ofwat Newsletter: Issue 09 (PDF - 95Kb) 22/08/07  Water efficiency initiatives: good practice register 2007 (PDF - 250Kb) 21/08/07  Proposal by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) to appoint a new water and sewerage undertaker for a site at Long Croft Road, Corby, Northamptonshire and to vary the appointments of Anglian Water Services Limited Closing date 19 September 2007 21/08/07  Lessons from recent assessments of benefits of water service improvements: report co-funded by Ofwat and UKWIR The aim of this study is to assist the water industry in identifying and justifying investment proposals for the PR09 periodic review. It incorporates current thinking derived from recent case studies and lessons learnt from recent work on economic analysis under the Water Framework Directive. ... 21/08/07  Water Framework Directive pCEA: Ofwat & water industry commentary on the Defra/Environment Agency draft pCEA synthesis report 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) 21/08/07  Water Framework Directive preliminary cost effectiveness analysis: water industry working group supporting document 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) 17/08/07  Ofwat's response to DCLG's consultation on planning for a sustainable future (Word - 313Kb) 16/08/07  Syndication of Deutsche Bank's ownership of Aqueduct Capital (UK) Limited and its impact on Sutton and East Surrey Water plc: A position note by Ofwat 09/08/07  Thames Water Utilities whole business securitisation: Ofwat position note (PDF - 14Kb) 31/07/07  Access codes guidance This is version 4 of the Access codes guidance which sets out the principles that water undertakers must follow when granting access to their water supply systems. (PDF - 392Kb) 31/07/07  Guidance on secondary supplies In May 2007 (WSL 02/07) we consulted on new guidance on secondary supplies. This paper provides a framework for water undertakers and licensees to agree secondary supply arrangements. (PDF - 255Kb) 31/07/07  Advice on capital works unit costs (cost base): report commissioned by Ofwat by Jacobs (PDF - 614Kb) 31/07/07  Applying for a water supply licence: guidance This is version 2 of guidance which sets out the process for applying for a water supply licence. (PDF - 269Kb) 31/07/07  Development of capital expenditure estimating assessment: final report for all deliverables. Report commissioned by Ofwat from Faithful and Gould (PDF - 704Kb) 31/07/07  Water supply licensing: guidance on eligibility 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) 31/07/07  Changes to the water supply licensing (WSL) guidance 31/07/07  Guidance on secondary supplies: consultation responses and impact assessment 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. 31/07/07  Water Services Regulation Authority: resource accounts 2006-07 for the year ended 31 March 2007 (PDF - 172Kb) 30/07/07  Background documents for review of form of price control mechanism 27/07/07  Capital maintenance relative efficiency modelling for the 2009 periodic review Closing date: 22 June 2007 24/07/07  Water and sewerage charges 2007-08 report: numerical data tables (Excel - 244Kb) 13/07/07  Consultation on market competition in the water and sewerage industries in England and Wales This consultation sets out for debate a range of change options for the current water supply licensing regime and wider long term changes that could be made to promote competition in the water and sewerage sectors. Closing date: 28 September 2007 (PDF - 202Kb) 04/07/07  Setting strategic direction: competition research with business customers (PDF - 1.4Mb) 28/06/07  Ofwat annual report 2006-07 (PDF - 3.8Mb) 22/06/07  Notice of Ofwat's imposition of a penalty on United Utilities Water Plc 18/06/07  Ofwat's response to Defra's consultation on proposed changes to powers to restrict non-essential uses of water (Word - 322Kb) 04/06/07  Ofwat's response to Defra's consultation on non-agricultural diffuse water pollution in England and Wales (Word - 327Kb) 01/06/07  H2Ofwat Newsletter: Issue 08 (PDF - 250Kb) 31/05/07  Ofwat's response to Defra's consultation paper on mechanisms to deliver Water Framework Directive requirements on hydromorphology 30/05/07  Completed acquisition of Thames Water Holdings Plc by Kemble Water Limited: A position paper by Ofwat Ofwat's position statement and summary of responses to the regulatory issues arising from the consultation on the acquisition of Thames Water Holdings plc by Kemble Water Limited. (PDF - 144Kb) 29/05/07  New approaches to expenditure and incentives: A discussion paper Forward expenditure assumptions and the incentives on companies to cut costs are central to incentive based regulation. This discussion paper explores new approaches to expenditure and incentives that might deliver better outcomes. Closing date: 6 July 2007 22/05/07  Water and sewerage charges: 2007-08 report - Sample bills for business and household supplementary tables (PDF - 687Kb) 22/05/07  Understanding Ofwat: A glossary of the most commonly-used Ofwat terms 16/05/07  Water and sewerage charges: 2007-08 report (PDF - 1Mb) 03/05/07  Acquisition of AWG plc by Osprey Acquisitions Limited and its impact on Anglian Water Services Limited: a position paper by Ofwat (PDF - 106Kb) 02/05/07  Ofwat's response to Defra's consultation on water metering in areas of serious water stress (Word - 312Kb) 02/05/07  Ofwat's response to Environment Agency's consultation on identifying areas of water stress (Word - 1.3Mb) 02/05/07  Ofwat response to WRc's consultation on water efficiency in new buildings (Word - 379Kb) 30/04/07  Ofwat's response to the Competition Commission's South East Water/Mid Kent Water merger inquiry: Provisional findings report under rule 10 of the CC's rules of procedure (Word - 72Kb) 30/04/07  Ofwat's response to the Competition Commission's notice of possible remedies under rule 11 of the CC's rules of procedure (Word - 44Kb) 30/04/07  Report on competition complaints: 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 (PDF - 125Kb) 19/04/07  International comparison of water and sewerage service: 2007 report (PDF - 1.08Mb) 18/04/07  Notice of Ofwat's proposal to impose a penalty on United Utilities Water Plc Closing date: 16 May 2007 05/04/07  Ofwat forward programme 2007-08 to 2009-10 04/04/07  Outcomes of Ofwat's internal review of market competition in the water sector This paper sets out the findings of our internal review of competition in the water sector, which focused on the water supply licensing regime but also covered inset appointments and self-lay. The paper also explains the actions that we will take in response to our findings (PDF-175Kb) 03/04/07  Ofwat response to the DWI consultation paper "Amendment of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 and the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2001" (Word - 330Kb) 03/04/07  Ofwat response to the Defra consultation paper "Regulatory impact assessment for a proposed water framework directive daughter directive on priority substances" (Word - 312Kb) 27/03/07  Dealing with household customers in debt: Guidelines This paper sets out our updated guidelines on "Dealing with household customers in debt" which we issued in March 2007. The revised debt guidelines set out how companies' policies and procedures might best take account of the needs of customers who are in debt (PDF - 147Kb) 27/03/07  Review of guidelines for dealing with household customers in debt: Conclusions This paper sets out our conclusions to our consultation that we issued in October 2006 on the review of our guidelines for "Dealing with household customers in debt". The paper summarises responses to our review, sets out our conclusions and includes updated debt guidelines 26/03/07  Dealing with customers affected by sewer flooding and the guaranteed standards scheme - conclusions 14/03/07  Letter to Ian Pearson MP, Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, on the Thames Tideway and the Olympics (PDF - 117Kb) 14/03/07  Ofwat response to the Environment Agency's consultation paper, "Risked based regulation of discharges to water: Encouraging better environmental performance by business" (Word - 42Kb) 02/03/07  H2Ofwat Newsletter: Issue 07 (PDF - 199Kb) 02/03/07  Ofwat response to Defra's consultation paper, "options for implementing Environmental Liability Directive" 28/02/07  Water and sewerage bills 2007-08 (PDF - 5Mb) 21/02/07  RAG 1: Guideline for accounting for current costs and regulatory capital values [version 1.04] (PDF - 218Kb) 21/02/07  RAG 3: Guideline for the contents of regulatory accounts [version 3.06] (PDF - 267Kb) 21/02/07  RAG 4: Guideline for the analysis of operating costs and assets [version 4.03] (PDF - 205Kb) 16/02/07  Review of regulatory accounting guidelines 1, 3 & 4 and June return reporting requirements for regulatory accounting tables 05/02/07  Completed acquisition of Thames Water Holdings Plc by Kemble Water Limited: A consultation paper by Ofwat Closing date: 5 March 2007 31/01/07  Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2005-06 report - Annex 1 Revised January 2007 (PDF - 730Kb) 31/01/07  Water and sewerage service unit costs and relative efficiency: 2005-06 report Revised January 2007 (PDF - 1.33Mb) 10/01/07  Ofwat's initial submission to the Competition Commission following the acquisition of South East Water by Utilities Trust of Australia and Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (Word - 591Kb) 10/01/07  Ofwat response to Defra's consultation paper, "Miscellaneous amendments to the pollution prevention and control regulations 2000" (Word - 300Kb) 08/01/07  What is the cost of reducing ammonia, nitrates and BOD in sewage treatment works effluent? Report commissioned by Ofwat from Oxera (PDF - 353Kb) 05/01/07  June return 2007 reporting requirements