Regulation and Legislation
Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan has said that regulators need to “think differently, speak softly, and carry an even bigger stick” in order to regulate better after Brexit - including "fines so large they would put a major dent in companies’ bottom lines and sentences that would put their bosses in jail."
Philip Dunne MP, Chair of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee is calling for the water companies to double their investment in water treatment.
The new Office for Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) will formally start work week when Parliament takes the steps needed for the establishment of its full powers and functions from Monday 24 January.
Future Water, one of the UK's water sector's leading industry bodies, has set up a new working group with a specific focus on water industry standards.
The Water Services Division at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a research report which concludes that the overall picture generated by the research is that it is “both rare and challenging” to achieve a strategic approach to surface water management through the planning system.
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