Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 20
Ninth Report: Water supply and demand management
Published 10 Jul 2020
Addressed to HM Treasury
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
Government recognises that there is still a huge amount to do to reduce water consumption. Alongside awareness raising and education, Ofwat said that white goods labelling and building standards are desperately needed.42 Water companies and other industry stakeholders have been calling for this in the UK for some time. An efficiency standard that all new homes must be built to a standard water usage of 125 litres of water per person per day was added to the building regulations in 2015. A study carried out by the Department in 2018 recommended a government-led mandatory label for all water- using products to start pushing down consumption.43
From: Public Accounts Committee, Ninth Report: Water supply and demand management (HC 378), 10 July 2020
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 10 September 2020, 2243 days ago.