Industry and Regulators Committee
The affluent and the effluent: cleaning up failures in water and sewage regulation
1st Report of Session 2022-23 - published 22 March 2023 - HL Paper 166
Contents
Chapter 2: Water regulation and policy
Oversight of the water industry
Co-operation between the regulators
Co-operation across sectors and a National Water Strategy
Balancing objectives and making trade-offs
The Government’s Strategic Policy Statement
Chapter 4: Price Review and outcomes-based regulation
Chapter 5: Storm overflows and water pollution
Causes of storm overflow overuse and solutions
Combined sewage systems, the right to connect, and sustainable drainage systems
Nature-based solutions to water pollution
Investment needed to address storm overflow overuse
Prioritising investment in storm overflows
Effectiveness of monitoring and enforcement
Government policy and strategy
Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan
Chapter 6: Fines, penalties, and enforcement
Special administration and changes of ownership
Chapter 7: Debt, dividends, and financial resilience
Chapter 8: Future water supply
Responsibility for changing consumer behaviour
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
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