Government takes swift action to strengthen regulation to tackle sewage discharges, as the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) announces next steps in their investigation into the regulation of network combined sewer overflows.
Today’s blog outlines the government’s response to recent coverage on the upcoming ‘March for Clean Water’.
Today’s blog covers Defra’s response to media coverage on Thames Water.
Today, we are responding to a letter from the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee on regulation of the water industry.
There has been media coverage claiming sewage discharges, also known as storm overflows, should be stopped for the bank holiday weekend.
Defra and Environment Agency reaction following a national apology from Water UK, on behalf of water and sewage companies, for not acting quickly enough on sewage spills.
Today we are looking at coverage of the government response to the EAC report into water quality in rivers.