Response to the Environment Agency and Ofwat reports on water company performance

A Water UK spokesperson said:

“While there are some areas of good performance, like the lowest leakage on record, the performance of some companies is not good enough. After over a decade of suppressing investment, Ofwat has finally allowed companies to invest £104 billion over the next five-years. It will take time, but we are confident this record investment will help to secure our water supplies, support economic growth and end sewage entering our rivers and seas.

“These results cover the final year of a failed system before record levels of investment began to flow. The Independent Water Commission has now made a series of recommendations to fundamentally reform the way the industry is regulated. Having agreed to abolish Ofwat the government now needs to set up its replacement as soon as possible.”