Our plan to clean up the water sector
We바카라 사이트檙e taking action to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. 聽
The public have long had enough of the chaos and neglect which has plagued our water sector.聽
That바카라 사이트檚 why we바카라 사이트檙e taking action to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas. 聽
Our plan includes new legislation to make sure water bosses are properly聽held to account where they are failing to protect our precious environment and deliver for their customers.聽
New legislation to clean up our waterways聽
As an immediate first step to cleaning up our waterways, we바카라 사이트檝e introduced a new bill to strengthen regulation and put water companies under tough special measures. 聽
This new bill represents the most significant increase in enforcement powers in a decade and will see regulators聽take tougher and faster action when water companies fall short.聽
It will give the water regulator new powers to ban the payment of bonuses if environmental standards are not met and increase accountability for water executives.
What does the Bill do? 聽
This Bill means: 聽
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Increases in the Environment Agency바카라 사이트檚 ability to bring forward criminal charges against law-breaking water executives, including imprisonment of up to two years for water executives who聽obstruct investigations.聽
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Bans on the payment of bonuses to executives of polluting water companies unless they meet high standards.聽
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Severe and automatic fines for polluting, so regulators can issue penalties quickly, without having to conduct lengthy investigations.聽
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Independent monitoring of every outlet, with water companies required to聽report聽all聽pollution spills within an hour of them starting.
Compensating customers聽聽
We want to make sure customers are properly compensated when their basic water services are disrupted.
We바카라 사이트檝e launched a consultation on measures聽that would mean water companies need to provide compensation payments to customers if they can바카라 사이트檛 provide a sufficient service.
Proposals include approximately doubling compensation payments and broadening the range of circumstances when payments can be triggered - including when boil notices are issued.
Cutting sewage dumping and upgrade infrastructure聽
We have set out new measures to cut sewage dumping and attract investment to upgrade infrastructure.聽
They include ringfencing funding for vital infrastructure investment, so that it is only spent on upgrades benefiting customers and the environment. Any money that isn바카라 사이트檛 spent will be returned to customers.聽
聽We will make sure water companies place customers and the environment at the heart of their objectives in their company rules.聽聽And customers will be able to hold water company bosses to account through new customer panels with powers to summon board members for questioning and make sure they are meeting customer obligations.