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Water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom is provided by a number of water and sewerage companies.Twelve companies and organisations provide drainage and sewerage services, each over a wide area, to the whole United Kingdom; and supply water to most customers in their areas of operation.
Whilst independent assessments place the cost of water provision in Wales and England as higher than most major countries in the EU between 1989 and 2005, the government body responsible for water regulation, together with the water companies, have claimed improvements in service quality during that period.
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.
Drinking Water Inspectorate (Northern Ireland) [6] Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland [7] Ofcom – independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries Phone-paid Services Authority – regulator for phone-paid services in the UK, part of Ofcom, replaces ICSTIS, PhonepayPlus; Office for Nuclear ...
Each company board is typically accountable to shareholders, mostly asset managers, under the Companies Act 2006. While both UK and EU law is clear that water companies, even if privatised, still are public bodies, [22] these companies pursue shareholder profit, only restricted by regulation.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) is a section of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) set up to regulate the privatised water supply companies in England and Wales. Based in Whitehall , it produces an annual report showing the quality of and problems associated with drinking water.
Part 2 deals with appointment and regulation of Undertakers, the private sector water companies responsible for maintaining the water supply system in the United Kingdom. Part 3 deals with the duties of the water companies with respect to water supply in England and Wales, Part 4 deals with the duties of the water companies with respect to ...
The Water Act 1973 (c. 37) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised the water, sewage and river management industry in England and Wales. [1] Water supply and sewage disposal were removed from local authority control, and ten larger regional water authorities were set up, under state control based on the areas of super-sets of river authorities which were also ...