12/01/10
Water UK welcomes the introduction of the Flood and Water Management Bill, but will be looking to amendments to provide clarity in some areas.
Water UK's concerns about the Bill:
• The omission of a proposal on the provision of information and discharge of landlords’ liability for water charges
• Sewerage issues (the right to connect to the public sewerage system, SUDS, sewer standards, transfer of private sewers)
• The role of water companies in proposals for the provision of infrastructure
• Definition of the 'community groups' who will benefit from concessionary charges
• Hosepipe bans where the drafting is rather ambiguous in a number of areas.
Water UK has produced a memorandum for the Flood and Water Management Bill Committee outlining the industry's concerns about the Bill.
Water UK memorandumContact: Dawn Waterman
