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Water UK Chief Executive, Michael Roberts, had responded to the publication of the Government's Environment Plan

Sewer blockages cost millions of pounds to put right every year and cause damage to people’s homes and the environment.

Water companies in England are strengthening their ongoing commitment to working in the public interest and placing wider good at the heart of everything they do.

The water industry in England has set out an ambitious new vision with the publication of a Manifesto for Water.

The UK bathing season starts this month and runs until the end of September. For 2014, monitoring data will be assessed using the standards set in the current bathing water directive. This is the last season these standards will be used. From 2015, bathing water quality will be assessed using new, stricter standards.

The effects of marine litter on fragile and irreplaceable ecosystems can be catastrophic, killing birds, fish and shellfish and choking plant life.

Water re-use systems can use rainwater, or treated water from washing, reducing per capita consumption by up to half. However, even developers of environmentally friendly housing schemes say few homebuyers want to install water re-use systems.