Ofwat is poised to be scrapped and substituted with a “single, powerful regulator” designed to tackle water pollution and shield households from escalating bills, the government has announced.
Environment secretary Steve Reed declared the reforms as urgent, branding the water industry as “broken.”
“In the biggest overhaul of water regulation in a generation, we will bring water functions from four different regulators into one,” Reed said.
“It will provide the clarity and direction required for a strong partnership between the government, the sector and investors to attract billions of pounds of new investment.”
The government stated that injecting £104bn into upgrading infrastructure and constructing sewage treatment facilities whilst customer bills have been protected for investment in schemes. Additional initiatives, including prohibiting wet wipes containing plastic and threatening law-breaking bosses with imprisonment, have been highlighted as steps designed to improve rivers and lakes across England.
But are they doing enough and why has it taken this long to make just a drastic change?
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