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The future of water: DPC video series

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By Katy Wall
4 Jul 2025 1 min read
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Unlocking efficiency and innovation with DPC in AMP8

In a series of short conversations our experts discuss the issues and opportunities DPC will pose in key areas.

At the beginning of April 2025, the water industry entered into AMP8, the five-year regulatory period from 2025 to 2030, in which Ofwat has approved investment and performance targets for water companies in England and Wales. 

AMP8 is set to be transformative, with record levels of capital investment. The £104bn package set out in Ofwat’s final determination equated to a quadrupling of new investment over the AMP period. One of the priorities for the plan is for investment in new infrastructure with specific investment ear-marked for 30 major projects including nine new reservoirs and nine large scale water transfer schemes.

Ofwat mandates that projects with a whole life expenditure of over £200m are procured using its new, Direct Procurement for Customers (or DPC) procurement model.

Understanding DPC

In this series of interviews, Katy Wall, a director in our Construction and Engineering team who works closely with individuals across the firm on major water projects, including projects on which the DPC model will be used, talks to some of our experts to discuss the issues and opportunities DPC will pose for their specialisms.

The video interviews cover a range of crucial topics, including supply chain management, funding strategies, consenting processes, regulatory considerations, and perspectives on CAP agreements.

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AMP 8 – A new transformative period begins

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