Sewage: Waste Disposal
Commons · Question 27287 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Coghlan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that local communities are compensated by water companies for sewage discharges.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 5 Feb 2025
Ofwat, the independent economic regulator, sets specific performance targets for companies in the five-yearly price review. Where companies fail to meet these targets, including pollution incidents, they must reimburse customers through lower water bills....