Regulation and Legislation
Ofwat has today launched a new consultation on its proposals to adjust the outperformance and underperformance payments water companies in England and Wales can expect to receive or lose for the final year of AMP6.
The House of Commons Treasury Select Committee will hold a one-off session on infrastructure to hear oral evidence today from the Infrastructure Projects Authority and the National Infrastructure Commission.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced that the outdoor use of the pesticide metaldehyde which is used to control slugs on farms and in gardens, is set to be banned in the UK from the end of March 2022 in order to better protect wildlife and the environment.
The Environment Agency has been widely criticised in the press for its failures to tackle water pollution in rivers in England following last week’s publication of data revealing that for the first time no river has achieved good chemical status and just 14% reached good ecological standard.
- Latest Environment Agency figures reveal all English rivers fail pollution tests
- Government challenges water companies on environmental performance, leakage and protecting supplies
- Slurry pollution costs Sussex agricultural college £95,000 in court
- Ofwat looks to investor community for help to advance strategic goals for the sector
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