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- E-Control publishes Annual Report02.03.2010.
- Ofcom publishes responses to consultation on the treatment of BT's pension costs02.03.2010.
- Competition Commission provisionally clears Brightsolid/Friends Reunited merger18.02.2010.
- Western Power Distribution revises charging proposals15.02.2010.
- International drivers of Rural R&D 11.02.2010.
- Marmot Review of Health Inequalities published11.02.2010.
- Liquid markets - Frontier Economics bulletin25.01.2010.
- A contractual and charging framework for value-added mobile services 21.01.2010.
- European Commission clears merger in scientific instruments21.01.2010.
- EC assesses the impact of major transport investments18.01.2010.
Liquid markets - Frontier Economics bulletin
Climate change, population growth and tougher environmental standards present a considerable challenge for UK water and wastewater sectors. Specifically, how can the industry and regulators make sure that we use water more effectively and efficiently as it gets scarcer?
The answer might lie in making water companies explicitly pay for, and compete for, the water they use. In 2008, the UK Government asked for an independent review of the scope to use competition to drive innovation in the industry (the Cave Review). It is now consulting on the recommendations. Frontier's latest bulletin looks at the lessons available from Australia, a country that has used water abstraction licence trading for several years in order to address its own problems of water scarcity.
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