Environmental activist and singer has spoken out against the regulation of the water industry, labelling it a “shambles.” He said that Ofwat has failed to ensure that water companies provide an appropriate supply of water to customers.
Water companies will pay out a net total of £114 million to bill-payers after failing to meet key targets on reducing pollution, leakage and supply interruptions while customer satisfaction continues to fall, Ofwat said. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Water companies will pay out a net total of £114 million to bill-payers after failing to meet key targets on reducing pollution, leakage and supply interruptions while customer satisfaction continues to fall, Ofwat said. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 think the whole regulation of the water industry is a shambles. It always has been and I think it's
00:07 fairly certain at this point in time and it should be that when and if there is a change
00:12 of government at the next election any new and coven government now needs to sit down and very
00:18 critically review the regulation and oversight of the water industry because the one thing we
00:24 can say for certain it has utterly failed. 25 million people living in London and the southeast
00:31 of England are now on the cusp of running out of water. The national audit office think we need to
00:38 find another 30 percent more water by 2050. The investment has never been made, the planning's
00:44 never been implemented, our sewage function system is dysfunctional and water companies
00:50 are blatantly deliberately ignoring any plea or begging from the regulator to go and sort
00:57 themselves out. Of what and the regulatory system and the EA need to get off their knees,
01:03 pull on their big boy trousers and start behaving like a grown-up regulator.