Regulation and Legislation
Yorkshire Water CEO Liz Barber has welcomed the Government’s strategic policy statement (SPS) for Ofwat, but has called for it to go further to enable the regulator and water companies to tackle a range of challenges with the scale and urgency required.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has published new guidance for the Environment Agency setting out expectations for the main steps and principles of the river basin planning process.
The Government has accepted the National Infrastructure Commission recommendation to implement resilience standards for infrastructure operators and stress testing against the standards, subject to the outcome of the current National Resilience Strategy call for evidence.
The Competition and Markets Authority has formally launched its investigation into the completed acquisition by Pennon Group plc of Bristol Water Holdings UK Ltd under the provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 and the Water Industry Act 1991.
Ofwat's Interim Cief Executive David Black has written to water company CEOs challenging them to step up their efforts to support effective markets.
- Sewage discharges – House of Lords amends Environment Bill to impose new legal duty on water companies
- Ofwat backs 15 projects on £500m RAPID infrastructure development programme
- Charity submits formal complaint to Office for Environmental Protection over Government and Ofwat failure to enforce sewage pollution laws
- Environment Agency to allow water companies to discharge untreated effluent to surface water in event of “supply chain failures” to obtain treatment chemicals
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