Regulation and Legislation
The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has expressed "real concerns" to Ofwat that its enforcement powers place it in a situation whereby "enforcing regulations and issuing fines against consistently failing entities" will place a further financial burden on the companies and increase the risk of corporate failure.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies.
Fens Reservoir strategic regional water resource solution gets RAPID go-ahead for gate three funding
RAPID has published its draft decision to allow further funding for the Fens Reservoir strategic regional water resource solution to progress to gate three.
Beginning 12 February, all major housing developments will now be legally required to deliver at least a 10% benefit Biodiversity Net Gain.
Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has announced that water company bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches.
- Water companies to face fines for poor customer service
- Stream pollution costs Somerset farm £19k+ in court after failing to make improvements recommended in 2019
- Welsh Parliament - Dŵr Cymru needs to ‘up its game’ on tackling pollution
- House of Lords Committee warns urgent reform needed to improve accountability and performance of UK regulators
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