Business Unit - Competition

Business Unit - Competition - Publications

This site uses the UK Government AccessKeys system	Protecting consumers, promoting value and safeguarding the future Skip Menus
	What's new \| Publications \| Media centre \| Price review \| FAQs Update alerts \| Consumer issues \| Site map \| Competition \| Contact us


Advanced Search \| Help

Ofwat home

Ofwat key work areas

Competition

Water Supply Licensing

FAQs

Self-lay

Competition Act 1998

Publications

Competition Complaint Reports

Ofwat home > Ofwat key work areas > Competition > Publications

Competition Publications

Note: we will be setting up a function to enable you to sort both alphabetically and chronologically in the near future.

Self Lay

06/08/08	Guidance on financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements - version 2.0 - consultation paper Closing date: 31 October 2008

06/08/08	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: guidance to companies - version 3.0 - consultation paper Closing date: 31 October 2008

18/08/05	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: Guidance to water companies (PDF - 312Kb)

18/08/05	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: Responses to the March 2005 consultation (PDF - 189Kb)

04/03/05	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: Consultation on version 2.0 of guidance to water companies This consultation explains the changes in the market place arising from recent legislation and other developments in the market place and proposes some changes to the processes for carrying out this work. Closing date: 1 June 2005 (PDF - 546Kb)

18/05/04	SLR 03/04: Self-lay - levels of service and meter fitting

14/05/04	SLR 02/04: Guidance for new self-lay and requisitioning provisions

14/05/04	Consultation on financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements: summary of responses and our conclusions (PDF - 287Kb)

14/05/04	Guidance on financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements (PDF - 335Kb)

14/05/04	Consultation on process for handling disputes and appeals: requisitioning of water mains and public sewers and/or lateral drains and adoption of self-laid water mains - summary of responses and our conclusions (PDF - 98Kb)

14/05/04	Process for handling disputes and appeals: requisitioning of water mains and public sewers and/or lateral drains and adoption of self laid mains (PDF - 126Kb)

05/04/04	SLR 01/04: Installation of approved wall mounted meter boxes

12/12/03	SLR 02/03: Consultations: financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements and process for handling disputes and appeals

12/12/03	Process for handling disputes and appeals: Requisitioning of water mains and public sewers and adoption of self-laid water mains - A consultation paper (PDF - 117Kb)

12/12/03	Consultation on the financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements (PDF - 186Kb)

04/12/03	SLR 01/03: Water Act 2003: Self-lay and requisitioning

04/12/03	Water Act 2003 self lay and requisitioning framework implementation process (PDF - 84Kb)

28/03/02	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: guidance to water companies version 1.0 (PDF - 213Kb)

28/03/02	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: responses to the consultation (PDF - 275Kb)

01/09/01	Competition in the provision of new water mains and service pipes: a consultation paper (PDF - 198Kb)

CA98

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

30/04/07	Report on competition complaints: 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 (PDF - 125Kb)

14/12/06	Ofwat's response to DTI/ HM Treasury review of concurrent competition powers in sectoral regulation (PDF - 133Kb)

14/12/06	Concurrent Competition Powers In Sectoral Regulation: A report by the Department of Trade and Industry and HM Treasury Link to DTI website

28/04/06	Guide to complaining to Ofwat under the Competition Act 1998 (PDF - 73Kb)

28/04/06	Competition law in the water and sewerage industry

27/04/06	Report on competition complaints: 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 (PDF - 124Kb)

20/05/05	Decision on the investigation into charges for the treatment of tankered landfill leachate by United Utilities Plc following a complaint made by Quantum Waste Management Ltd.

22/04/05	Report on competition complaints: 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 (PDF - 115Kb)

03/08/04	Decision on Southern Water Services Limited/Provision of new infrastructure in East Kent (PDF - 346Kb)

30/04/04	Complaints considered under the Competiton Act 1998: 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 (PDF - 177Kb)

24/04/03	Complaints considered under the Competition Act 1998: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 (PDF - 181Kb)

22/04/02	Complaints considered under the Competition Act 1998: 1 March 2000 to 31 March 2002 (PDF - 193Kb)

29/02/00	Competition Act 1998: the application in the water and sewerage sectors Published on the OFT website (PDF - 118Kb)

31/01/00	Competition Act 1998: the application in the water and sewerage sectors (PDF - 104Kb)

Inset Appointments

20/11/08	Water Industry Act 1991 Section 8(3) - proposal by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) to vary the appointments of SSE Water and Dwr Cymru as water and sewerage undertakers Closing date: 18 December 2008

14/11/08	Water Services Regulation Authority Water Industry Act 1991 Section 8(3) - proposal by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) to appoint a new sewerage undertaker for a site at Knowle Village, near Fareham Closing date: 12 December 2008 (PDF 19Kb)

03/12/07	List of inset appointments (PDF - 22Kb)

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

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

20/08/04	Inset appointment granted: Three Valleys Water to supply Fairfield Park and Lower Wilbury Farm development

25/06/04	Inset appointment granted: Three Valleys Water to supply Kodak

26/02/01	Inset appointments: guidance for applicants - chart

17/08/00	RD 19/00: Lowering of inset appointment threshold

General Publications

05/11/08	Ofwat/Consumer Council for Water research into household customers' views on competition in the water and sewerage industry (PDF - 428Kb)

18/06/08	Summary of competition law cases 2007-08 (PDF - 52Kb)

28/03/08	Section 66D(2)(b) Water Industry Act 1991 final determination by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) determining terms for wholesale access prices offered by Anglian Water Services Limited to Aquavitae (UK) Limited to four customers (PDF - 171Kb)

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.

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

04/07/07	Setting strategic direction: competition research with business customers (PDF - 1.4Mb)

08/05/07	Business customers' views on competition in the water industry (MVA consultancy presentation slides) - April 2007

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)

23/12/02	MD 183: Forum for developing common carriage

30/08/02	Access prices

28/06/02	RD 20/02: Responses to RD09/02 - "Bulk supplies, competition and periodic review incentives"

27/03/02	MD 177: Access codes for common carriage

25/03/02	RD 09/02: Bulk supplies, competition and periodic review incentives (PDF - 247Kb)

05/02/02	Competition: Government and Agency links

17/10/01	Philip Fletcher speech: Regulation, competition and the water industry, Utility Congress 2001, Brighton (PDF - 40Kb)

15/10/01	Ofwat's response to DTI white paper, "Productivity and enterprise - a world class competition regime" (PDF - 52Kb)

26/09/01	Note of Workshop on Access Code Guidance, held on Wednesday 26 September 2001

12/09/01	Access code guidance: a consultation paper (PDF - 209Kb)

18/07/00	Current state of market competition Rev ed (PDF - 31Kb)

30/06/00	MD 163: Common carriage

12/06/00	Response to the Government's consultation paper, "Competition in the water industry in England and Wales" (PDF - 56Kb)

12/04/00	MD 162: Common carriage - statements of principles

28/01/00	MD 158: Common carriage

12/11/99	MD 154: Development of common carriage

Consultation Papers

16/05/08	Ofwat's review of competition in the water and sewerage industries: Part II Closing date: 29 August 2008

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.

18/08/05	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: Responses to the March 2005 consultation (PDF - 189Kb)

04/03/05	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: Consultation on version 2.0 of guidance to water companies This consultation explains the changes in the market place arising from recent legislation and other developments in the market place and proposes some changes to the processes for carrying out this work. Closing date: 1 June 2005 (PDF - 546Kb)

14/05/04	Consultation on financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements: summary of responses and our conclusions (PDF - 287Kb)

14/05/04	Consultation on process for handling disputes and appeals: requisitioning of water mains and public sewers and/or lateral drains and adoption of self-laid water mains - summary of responses and our conclusions (PDF - 98Kb)

12/12/03	SLR 02/03: Consultations: financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements and process for handling disputes and appeals

12/12/03	Process for handling disputes and appeals: Requisitioning of water mains and public sewers and adoption of self-laid water mains - A consultation paper (PDF - 117Kb)

12/12/03	Consultation on the financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements (PDF - 186Kb)

28/03/02	Access codes for common carriage: responses (PDF - 233Kb)

28/03/02	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: responses to the consultation (PDF - 275Kb)

15/10/01	Ofwat's response to DTI white paper, "Productivity and enterprise - a world class competition regime" (PDF - 52Kb)

12/09/01	Access code guidance: a consultation paper (PDF - 209Kb)

01/09/01	Competition in the provision of new water mains and service pipes: a consultation paper (PDF - 198Kb)

12/06/00	Response to the Government's consultation paper, "Competition in the water industry in England and Wales" (PDF - 56Kb)

SLR Letters

18/05/04	SLR 03/04: Self-lay - levels of service and meter fitting

14/05/04	SLR 02/04: Guidance for new self-lay and requisitioning provisions

05/04/04	SLR 01/04: Installation of approved wall mounted meter boxes

12/12/03	SLR 02/03: Consultations: financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements and process for handling disputes and appeals

04/12/03	SLR 01/03: Water Act 2003: Self-lay and requisitioning

Guidance Publications

29/07/08	Guidance on compliance codes

13/12/07	Guidance on the application of the Competition Act 1998 in the water and sewerage sectors: consultation Closing date: 13 March 2008

18/08/05	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: Guidance to water companies (PDF - 312Kb)

14/05/04	Guidance on financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements (PDF - 335Kb)

28/03/02	Access codes for common carriage: guidance (PDF - 319Kb)

28/03/02	Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes: guidance to water companies version 1.0 (PDF - 213Kb)

CA98 Annual Reports

30/04/07	Report on competition complaints: 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 (PDF - 125Kb)

27/04/06	Report on competition complaints: 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 (PDF - 124Kb)

22/04/05	Report on competition complaints: 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 (PDF - 115Kb)

30/04/04	Complaints considered under the Competiton Act 1998: 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 (PDF - 177Kb)

24/04/03	Complaints considered under the Competition Act 1998: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 (PDF - 181Kb)

22/04/02	Complaints considered under the Competition Act 1998: 1 March 2000 to 31 March 2002 (PDF - 193Kb)

RD Letters

28/06/02	RD 20/02: Responses to RD09/02 - "Bulk supplies, competition and periodic review incentives"

25/03/02	RD 09/02: Bulk supplies, competition and periodic review incentives (PDF - 247Kb)

MD Letters

27/03/02	MD 177: Access codes for common carriage

22/03/02	MD 176: Competition in providing new water mains and service pipes

30/06/00	MD 163: Common carriage

12/04/00	MD 162: Common carriage - statements of principles

28/01/00	MD 158: Common carriage

12/11/99	MD 154: Development of common carriage

Information Notes

28/04/06	Competition law in the water and sewerage industry

Disclaimer & Privacy Statement