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The Water Services Regulation Authority, or Ofwat, is the body responsible for economic regulation of the privatised water and sewerage industry in England and Wales.Ofwat's main statutory duties include protecting the interests of consumers, securing the long-term resilience of water supply and wastewater systems, and ensuring that companies carry out their functions and are able to finance them.
The Environment Agency is responsible for water quality and resource in England. [31] The economic regulator of water companies in England and Wales is the Water Services Regulation Authority, Ofwat and The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) provides independent reassurance to consumers that supplies are safe and of drinking water quality. [32] [33]
UK water quality is generally high, since large new investments were made following the EU Drinking Water Quality Directive 1998, requiring water is "wholesome and clean". [36] Ofwat is required to issue enforcement orders under the Water Industry Act 1991 section 18 to uphold drinking quality standards, rather than being content with ...
An independent review into the water industry could consider abolishing regulator Ofwat among other measures to reform the sector, after a public outcry over bills, bonuses and sewage pollution.
The water watchdog said Southern Water, SES Water and Yorkshire Water were lagging behind rivals in the quality of the services they deliver. Ofwat flags worries over ‘financial resilience’ of ...
For Thames Water, which is gripped by a funding crisis, Ofwat’s draft decision could be crunch time. The firm has 16 million customers in London and the Thames Valley region and its plans ...
Water company business plans align with the AMP periods and their investment estimates are used by Ofwat as part of its price review. [2] Ofwat also assesses each company's performance in relation to customer service, capability, water quality, and environmental impact in the previous AMP with better performing companies being allowed higher ...
The regulator singled out Northumbrian Water, Southern Water, South West Water, Thames Water, Welsh Water and Yorkshire Water.