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The public drinking water supply is the cornerstone of our public health.

Water UK considers that a risk-based approach should be taken to the protection of groundwater resources whereby risks are identified and assessed, and then appropriate, measured actions taken to mitigate the impacts on the environment and public health.

This response focuses on a number of key high-level points concerning the methodology and the 2014 price review following discussion with member companies.

Two new directors will be joining Water UK in September as part of a re-structuring of the organisation. Rae Stewart is to become Director of Corporate Affairs and Stuart Colville will join as Director of Strategy.

Visitors to England’s seaside and bathing waters will be able to enjoy cleaner water than ever before, thanks to improvements made over the past two decades. Bathing water quality, tested at 413 beaches and lakes across the country, is the best on record with 98.5% passing tough standards this year.

Water companies have practical concerns about the suitability of disposing of many of these so-called 'flushable products' into public and private drainage and sewerage networks rather than as municipal solid waste.