{"id":5493,"date":"2018-07-03T00:15:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T16:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microdium.net\/public\/a-fluid-situation-why-uk-organizations-need-to-consider-water-supply-contingency-planning\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T00:15:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T16:15:19","slug":"a-fluid-situation-why-uk-organizations-need-to-consider-water-supply-contingency-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/2018\/07\/03\/a-fluid-situation-why-uk-organizations-need-to-consider-water-supply-contingency-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"A fluid situation: why UK organizations need to consider water supply contingency planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"K2FeedImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microdium.net\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/c6401e31fa8e671333a3544071f743d4_S.jpg\" alt=\"A fluid situation: why UK organizations need to consider water supply contingency planning\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"K2FeedIntroText\">\n<p>Unlike other essential utilities, water supply is often overlooked by UK business continuity managers because it is frequently viewed as a supplier responsibility. Many organizations are not aware that non-household customers should arrange and maintain their own contingency plans especially when they are considered a \u2018sensitive\u2019 or \u2018water critical\u2019 site.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>In this article,\u00a0Sven Parris, senior sales &amp; marketing manager at\u00a0Water Direct, talks about water contingency planning for UK businesses and organizations and the importance of improving resilience and raising the profile of water as a critical business continuity theme.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>In April 2017, the water market changed, meaning non-household customers can now choose their water provider, creating an open market for new water retailers. Water wholesalers still manage the infrastructure: supply, pipes and sewage works, while the newly established retailers manage the customer service, billing and value-added services. This has introduced new opportunities for competitive pricing, collated billing for multi-site businesses and new value-added services designed to differentiate the suppliers. The change in the market has also brought to the surface the importance of these business customers having their own contingency plans for water supply.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.continuitycentral.com\/index.php\/news\/business-continuity-news\/3049-a-fluid-situation-why-uk-organizations-need-to-consider-water-supply-contingency-planning\">https:\/\/www.continuitycentral.com\/index.php\/news\/business-continuity-news\/3049-a-fluid-situation-why-uk-organizations-need-to-consider-water-supply-contingency-planning<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nSource: DRJ New feed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike other essential utilities, water supply is often overlooked by UK business continuity managers because it is frequently viewed as a supplier responsibility. Many organizations are not aware that non-household customers should arrange and maintain their own contingency plans especially when they are considered a \u2018sensitive\u2019 or \u2018water critical\u2019 site. &#013; In this article,\u00a0Sven Parris, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5494,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-5493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disaster-recovery-cybersecurity-news-malaysia","tag-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}