A letter from the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency (EA), Philip Duffy, outlines the approach the agency will take with increasing inspections of water company assets.

He highlights that depending on the outcome of the water quality charges consultation, and securing the funding needed, the EA plans to more than quadruple the number of inspections that are carried out next year (2024 to 2025).

The increase in inspections is part of a crackdown on water sector pollution, as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies.

Also covered in Helen Wakeham speech at World Water Tech Innovation Summit.