15 Jan 2019
Defra Published 15 January 2019 Seeking views on proposals to modernise water regulation and allow better long-term planning of water resources and drainage. We want to know what you think about our proposals for improving long-term planning of water resources and drainage. We’re also asking about our proposals to modernise water regulation. These include: reforming […]
10 Jan 2019
Leakage and water transfers – Government and Ofwat keep up the pressure on water companies The Government and Ofwat have signalled their intention to keep up the pressure on the water companies to drive leakage down further and encourage more water transfers. The comments come in their separate responses to the House of Commons Environment, Food […]
23 Oct 2018
The Environment Agency has published 2017 data on regulated businesses in England, covering operational risk appraisal compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime. It shows there were more than 400 pollution incidents, although only a minority of these were more serious category 1 or 2 incidents. Click here to see the data.
16 Oct 2018
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has published a new report, Regulation of the Water Industry. It says that Droughts of the type experienced in summer 2018 will become more frequent and drought resilience will require increasing the supply of water alongside reducing demand. The Committee found that a “shocking” three billion litres of […]
26 Jul 2018
The Environmental Audit Committee calls for the Government to establish a new independent oversight body—the Environmental Enforcement and Audit Office (EEAO) — modelled on the National Audit Office (NAO), to ensure that the governance, enforcement, oversight and policy functions currently carried out by the European Commission and European Court of Justice are not lost after […]
18 Jul 2018
Evidence given by Dr Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment, and Dr Sebastian Catovsky, Deputy Director for Water Services, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Watch this evidence session Scope of the inquiry The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee inquiry will consider how well the water industry serves […]
04 Jul 2018
BBC: Water companies have damaged trust, regulator Ofwat says. High levels of payments to bosses and investors by water companies have damaged customer trust, the regulator Ofwat has said. It has published new rules that will force firms to explain how executive pay is linked to performance and to prioritise customers’ interests. Companies paying dividends […]
16 May 2018
Government peers have today (Wednesday 16th May 2018) demanded that the government protect the UK’s environmental standards after Brexit, in yet another damaging defeat for the government over the EU Withdrawal Bill. Lords voted 294 to 244 to pass the amendment this afternoon, which seeks to protect existing enforcement powers for environmental rules. It demands that the […]
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