Who has had a say in the New White Paper? Not us.
The Government's White Paper blames the regulators for the failing in our water sector not the profit driven polluting water companies. Why
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The Cost of Public v Private Ownership
We asked the government for the costs over the next 5 and 30 years of public ownership versus private ownership. We did
Government White Paper – greenwashing its failure to address the elephant in the room
Water Reform: New Vision for Water Fails To Deliver The Water Reform White Paper continues to syphon money off to private equity,
Yorkshire Water Performance Continues to Fail
Today two reports set out how Yorkshire Water is continuing to fail. The public do not have trust in Yorkshire Water's ability
What Yorkshire Water is doing to conserve water – letter from CEO
Dear Professor Malby Thank you for the support for the work we are doing in drilling new bore holes You raise two
The Decline of the Wharfe
Video of our river showing the same stretch 2015 - 2024Guest Blog, Mark Barrow, Beneath British Waters GUEST BLOG: Mark Barrow,
YW cites need to re build trust after disclosure of CEO Additional 1.3M – our response.
Ms Vanda Murray OBE Chair Yorkshire Water, Chair Kelda Holdings, Chair Kelda Eurobond 11th September 2025 Dear Ms Murray Thank you for
Ilkley is at the leading edge of the national campaign to clean up all rivers lakes and seas, despite critics attempts to undermine this.
This is a story of years and years of campaigning. It is simplified here to respond to the outrageous views being expressed
Vanda Murray OBE, Chair YW replies
A few stand out items They only plan to reduce leaks by 12% by 2030 (and are leaking 26om litres a day).
Our letters to EA and Minister Hardy on the granting of the drought permit
Letter to the Environment Agency Sue Longstone, Director Operations, North of England The Environment Agency 26th August 2025 Dear Sue We were