A group of senior water sector figures working to address demand management challenges has been disbanded in the same week that a drought was declared across much of the country. Chair Nicci Russell, chief executive of Waterwise, said recommendations made by the group in a report to Defra and Ofwat had not all been taken up. Rebecca Pow, as minister, had told the group current provisions to address the looming water deficit would suffice.
Demand management advice ignored by ministers
