This ICE submission focuses on regulatory reform, the need for longer-term strategic planning and the role of nature-based solutions.
The ICE welcomes the Environmental Audit Committee’s follow-up evidence session to the impactful 2022 report on water quality in rivers.
The key priorities should be:
- Reform the regulatory system to align it with national priorities such as net zero.
- Take a longer-term approach to investment and planning - the five-year cycle is too short.
- Actively promote the role of nature-based solutions in delivering a better water infrastructure system and take into account wider benefits over the whole life.
- Rebuild trust between the public, water companies, and regulators.
These topics were discussed at the ICE’s Presidential Roundtable in June 2023, which focused on whether the UK needs a water strategy.
ICE submission to the Environmental Audit Committee on water quality in rivers
Content type: Policy
Last updated: 11 November 2024
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