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The report looked at "alternative models" that could help address challenges such as climate change, population growth, the need for increasing resilience, and ever-rising customer expectations. It identiƒ ed a range of alternative and more innovative business models and activities to support the reduction of water use. These included demand aggregation – similar to that seen in the energy sector Disruptive changes in water will 'drive new business models' – where a retail company aggregates demand across a range of customers and provides demand reduction as a service to network companies. The report also suggested multi-utility retail consolidation could occur through retailers o ering water, wastewater and other utility services together. This could be extended to residential customers if that … KPMG report reveals "alternative models" to address challenges such as climate change, population growth, and the need for increasing resilience. market becomes competitive. Existing legal and regula- tory changes have paved the way for new models including: • Abstraction licence trading • Upstream water entrants selling to incumbents and wholesale network operators • Upstream water entrants selling to new retailers • Water trading between incumbents • Markets in bio-resources • Operators taking direct ownership of assets and activities A• nity Water chief executive Simon Cocks said: "Today's report looks at what role companies like ours, together with key stakeholders, could The Green Alliance has published its policy insight for Smarter Flood Risk Management in England. Natural #floodsolutions need the time & evidence to be proven at scale, so need special consideration in hmt spending rules @ GreenAllianceUK @DominicGogol We spend c. 4x more on possible flood-causing actions than on combatting flooding. Let's be smarter #floodsolutions @Leah_Davis @EnvAgency reckons £800m is spent on flood defence/year. We shouldn't wait for perfect evidence before supporting natural #floodsolutions @dustin_benton A n innovative partnership between Northumbrian Water and data management specialist 1Spatial has helped the utility create a better model of its sewer network which will allow it to reduce response times for customers who experience problems. The use of the new digital mapping system, created in collaboration between Northumbrian Water and Cambridge-based 1Spatial, is expected to reduce the cost of this process from £10M to £2.5M, and cut the time taken to complete it from ƒ ve years to two years. By creating a full map of the sewer network that includes the adopted piping, Northumbrian Sewer mapping partnership aids response time will be able to respond to problems such as blockages or collapses with a better advance knowledge of the local network, reducing investigation time and speeding up clearances and repairs. They will also be able to identify problem areas and the potential to improve the network where necessary. The initial digital model that has been created of the adopted sewers has identiƒ ed an additional 5,000km of piping. This map is now being assessed manually, by teams of surveyors on site utilising geographic information system (GIS) technology, to validate and further reƒ ne the mapping technology to create a more accurate network map. play in helping to create the future. There are a range of possibilities. "Some have been discussed previously and deserve further work and analysis – such as the introduction of independent system operators to improve e• ciency in the use of resources – conversely some are completely new ideas for consideration. Our aim with this report is to try and bring these things together in order that we can start to really focus on the long term and, from our position as A• nity Water, support the continued success of the water sector." "It is vital that we plan for the future now," he said. "Our aim is to try and bring these things together in order that we can start to really focus on the long term and, from our position as A« nity Water, support the continued success of the sector" Simon Cocks, A nity Water @andyheald UK #woodland cover 11%, Europe >1/3 and widely used natural #floodsolutions. "Why don't we get that in the UK?" @ GreenAllianceUK @Will_Evison We have ignored the impact of land management on flood risk for too long. #floodsolutions @GreenAllianceUK

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