Water UK response to government white paper A New Vision for Water

Today’s White Paper is a welcome step after the Government concluded six months ago that water’s regulatory system had failed.

“The focus must now shift from diagnosis to delivery. Our country will not have the environment it wants or the economic growth it needs until a new water regulator is established. Interim leadership should be appointed as soon as possible. We cannot afford for any more long-term decisions to be taken by a system everyone knows has failed.

“The need for major reform has long since been agreed. Delivery now needs to catch up.”