Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 43
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Ofwat’s regulatory approach to date appears to have placed insufficient emphasis on facilitating the investment...
Conclusion
Ofwat’s regulatory approach to date appears to have placed insufficient emphasis on facilitating the investment necessary to ensure that the sewerage system in England is fit for the challenges of the 21st century, and able to cope with housing growth and the impact of climate change while restoring good ecological health to rivers. Investment must be accelerated so that damaging discharges from wastewater treatment assets, including storm overflows, cease and that any spills occur only in genuinely exceptional circumstances. (Paragraph 232) Water quality in rivers 125
Government Response
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