Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 19203

Sewage: Coastal Areas

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 16 December 2024

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) the potential merits of compensating coastal communities disproportionately affected by sewage discharges for the environmental and economic damage

Answer

Emma Hardy
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....
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