Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27287

Sewage: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 29 January 2025
Answered: 5 February 2025

Question

Chris Coghlan

Liberal DemocratDorking and Horley

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

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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