Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 21
Ninth Report: Water supply and demand management
Published 10 Jul 2020
Addressed to HM Treasury
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
These ideas are not new and have been talked about for some time but water efficiency lags far behind energy efficiency in policy and public perception.44 In its 2019 Spring Statement, the government committed to future-proofing new-build homes with low- carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency, but made no commitments in relation to water efficiency.45 The Department explained that in July 2019 it had consulted on making changes to building regulations, and on reducing the current water efficiency standard to 110 litres per day for newly built houses. This consultation also covered changes to product labelling, which the Department recognises is some way behind energy in terms of adoption.46 The Department was not able to tell us when it would respond to the consultation, just that it hoped to do so shortly.47
From: Public Accounts Committee, Ninth Report: Water supply and demand management (HC 378), 10 July 2020
Government response
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