Environment

Latest

Reform or be renationalised, Helm warns water sector

Economist Dieter Helm has called for a complete overhaul of water regulation, a move to an integrated catchment approach, and widescale adoption of greywater storage at domestic and system-level. The cost of maintaining status quo, Helm warned, would be more sector crises that ultimately anger the public and lead to calls for an end to privatisation. He called on companies and regulators to act now to right the wrongs and future proof the system.

2 years ago

Judge slams Anglian’s company culture on pollution

3 years ago

Cox: Water sector has ‘lost public legitimacy’

3 years ago

Defra ‘playing to the gallery’ on £250m pollution fines

The newly appointed environment secretary Ranil Jayawardena has promised the Environment Agency the much bigger stick its chief executive said was necessary to tackle pollution incidents by water companies. Utility Week spoke to an environmental regulation lawyer and sector executives about what the threat of £250 million fines could mean for the water industry and the likelihood of such penalties ever being enforced.

3 years ago