United Kingdom & Southern Water

United Kingdom: Experienced record heatwaves, drought, and significant health and economic impacts.

Southern Water: Implemented a hosepipe ban for about 1 million customers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

United Kingdom: The United Kingdom is the jurisdiction where the water sector is regulated. The decision affects millions of households and has political implications.

Southern Water: Southern Water is one of the five firms allowed to raise bills, enabling additional investment. It faces similar scrutiny over bill increases and performance.

United Kingdom: The UK experienced record heat, drought, and wildfires, prompting emergency measures and straining public services.

Southern Water: Southern Water applied for a drought order to restrict non-essential water use due to exceptional lack of rain.

United Kingdom: UK estimated 2,700 heat deaths and faced power supply warnings.

Southern Water: Southern Water announced a hosepipe ban for Hampshire and Isle of Wight.

Southern Water: Southern Water is one of the five water firms that had their requested bill increases largely rejected by the United Kingdom — Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), impacting their revenue and investment plans.