Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 80
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Accepted
Paragraph: 376
It is important that communities who engage in citizen science receive a meaningful response to...
Recommendation
It is important that communities who engage in citizen science receive a meaningful response to their work. We recommend that the Government consider whether a requirement should be placed on water companies to respond to citizen science research undertaken by CaBA partnerships, where that research demonstrates water quality issues in a specific area, with an action plan to address the issues identified.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states that its Guiding Principles for Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans, published in February 2022, already require water companies to work collaboratively with other Risk Management Authorities in developing solutions to drainage issues.
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376
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
The Government welcomes the focus on citizen science and CaBA partnership monitoring. We encourage water companies to engage with CaBA partnerships and in some cases water companies support partnerships through funding. Even where this is not the case, we would expect that Environment Agency’s links to both the water industry and to catchment partnerships should ensure that citizen science data is taken into account in determining actions that need to be taken.
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