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Water UK response to the Public Accounts Committee report on regulation of the water industry.

UK water companies provide essential infrastructure and services that support all industries and sectors and drive economic growth.

Update: the Fine to Flush ‘wet wipe’ certification will come to an end in March 2024. 

Water companies are putting public interest first and dealing firmly with issues which threaten trust, Water UK Chief Executive Michael Roberts said today (Thursday 1 March 2018).

Today, World Toilet Day is raising awareness to inspire action to reach the 2.4 billion people living in the world without a toilet. This year, World Toilet Day’s theme is ‘toilets and jobs’ and is looking at how sanitation, or the lack of it, can impact on livelihoods in and out of the workplace.

The Marine Conservation Society is leading a campaign to ensure wet wipes go in the bin, not down the loo.
Toilets are designed for the three Ps only: poo, pee and (toilet) paper.

The UK government has stated that it will consider a ban on plastic microbeads in personal care products such as face scrubs and shower gels. The beads are designed to exfoliate the skin, but as some are less than a millimetre wide, they can be missed by water filters after being rinsed off and travel into the sea.

Proper hydration is essential for our health and wellbeing, so it is vital that there is confidence in the quality of our drinking water.