Five areas where 'fundamental change' is needed to fix water system

"Interlocking failures" successful the h2o assemblage crossed England and Wales tin beryllium fixed done cardinal betterment successful 5 cardinal areas, according to a large interim report.

The Independent Water Commission, established past twelvemonth and led by a erstwhile lawman politician of the Bank of England, was scathing of authorities and regulatory oversight of the manufacture - agelong blighted by disapproval implicit performance, peculiarly implicit sewage spills and bonuses for bosses.

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Sir Jon Cunliffe said: "There is nary simple, azygous change, nary substance however radical, that volition present the cardinal reset that is needed for the h2o sector.

"We person heard of deep-rooted, systemic and interlocking failures implicit the years - nonaccomplishment successful government's strategy and readying for the future, nonaccomplishment successful regularisation to support some the billpayer and the situation and nonaccomplishment by immoderate h2o companies and their owners to enactment successful the public, arsenic good arsenic their private, interest.

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"My presumption is that each of these issues request to beryllium tackled to rebuild nationalist spot and marque the strategy acceptable for the future. We expect that this volition necessitate caller legislation."