As world leaders meet at COP27 this month, MOSL is playing its part to support the climate change agenda from its position at the heart of the world’s largest competitive non-household water market.
The non-household (NHH) market’s 1.2 million eligible customers consume around a third of the water in England and Wales, approximately half of which is consumed by just one per cent of customers.
MOSL is ideally placed to support retailers and wholesalers’ efforts to improve water efficiency, support the efficient use of water in demand management and build resilience in our water resources by working closely with its stakeholders.
Using insights from market data, MOSL is helping to explore water saving opportunities, identify, and overcome barriers to meeting environmental targets and facilitate collaboration and innovation across the market.
Benchmarking water usage
Helping customers understand their water usage and how it compares to others in their sector is essential in encouraging and enabling organisations to reduce their water consumption and minimise wastage.
MOSL has released two ‘proof-of-concept’ dashboards focusing on the school sector. The school sector was chosen as it has high water usage and prevalence of continuous flows. Continuous flow in a property can indicate leakage and represent an opportunity to save water, as well as money and reduce associated carbon emissions.
The dashboards combine data from the Central Market Operating System (CMOS) with data from the Department for Education to show water consumption at a national, school and pupil level. The data has been shared with retailers and wholesalers to help inform and support water efficiency measures for the customers they serve.
Lessons from our work with the DfE will help inform an independent project that is looking to develop a national industry framework and consumption benchmarking model.
Carbon Statements
MOSL has also enriched central settlement data with data on carbon emissions from the treatment of water and sewerage, provided by the water companies, and published a monthly Carbon Settlement Report for trading parties, along with their annual Carbon Statement for the financial year 2021-22.
These carbon statements allow trading parties to see the most up to date view of carbon emissions for the supply points they are responsible for and draw attention to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from water and sewerage treatment in the market.
By publishing monthly reports, trading parties no longer have to wait until the end of the financial year to conduct a carbon baseline statement. The reports also aim to start a discussion on the data currently available, and required, to support the water sector’s commitment to achieving net zero by 2030.
Commenting on the work led by her team, MOSL’s Head of Data and Insights, Liz D’Arcy, said: “We are really pleased to have made this insight available to the market as a first step in helping customers to understand their water usage and getting a more granular understanding of sector use. As a market, it is important that we have an effective means to collate and share non-household water consumption, trends and benchmark data. As market operator, MOSL is well placed to help enable this and enable trading parties to turn this insight to practical applications and benefits. “
“Thanks to COP27 and many other initiatives, the importance of developing sustainable solutions to build resillience and future-proof our natural resources never been higher. We are delighted to be playing our part in what are national, as well as global challenges.”
