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 Democrat — Dorking 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 HardyOfwat, 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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