Environment Agency reaction to Ofwat announcement

Alan Lovell, Chair of the Environment Agency, said:  

“This is a significant step forward in delivering the investment needed to protect rivers and seas, boost water supplies and improve resilience to flooding. It will deliver 4 times more investment in clean and plentiful water than the previous five-year period.   

“The critical issue now is delivery. We will be playing our part to make sure the industry steps up on the environment. We are taking forward our biggest ever transformation in the way we regulate, recruiting up to 500 additional staff, increasing compliance checks and quadrupling the number of water company inspections by March next year. Our job is to make sure the water companies do what they say they will do, and people begin to see a difference in their water environment.”