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Water and sewerage mergers guidance

A consultation on draft guidance on the CMA’s procedures and assessment in water and sewerage mergers.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting views on draft guidance on the CMA’s procedures and assessment in water and sewerage mergers.

The draft guidance has been produced because of changes to the special water merger regime in the Water Act 2014, which are expected to come into force in November 2015.

The draft guidance sets out how the CMA will approach issues that are specific to water mergers.

This consultation will be of interest to:

anyone with an interest in water mergers
businesses regulated by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)

Documents

Consultation document: draft guidance on the CMA's procedure and assessment in water and sewerage mergersapplication/pdf Draft guidance on the CMA's procedure and assessment in water and sewerage mergersapplication/pdf Summary of responsesapplication/pdf Consumer Council for Waterapplication/pdf Ofgemapplication/pdf Severn Trent Waterapplication/pdf South East Waterapplication/pdf South Staffs Waterapplication/pdf Sutton and East Surrey Waterapplication/pdf Thames Waterapplication/pdf