News that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sewers and Sewerage is to be reformed will come as welcome news to the water industry. Its first meeting is likely to be in the Autumn after the group is re-registered in September.
At the same time the Environment Minister Richard Benyon has announced that Defra is planning two consultations this autumn. One is to establish national standards on sustainable drainage and the other is to review the transfer of ownership of private sewers to water companies. These two areas were key recommendations in the Pitt Review. Potentially they both have big implications for the water industry and could herald welcome new investment. Establishing ownership standards for SUDs is essential to enable their adoption by water companies or local authorities and would remove one of the biggest impediments to their widespread use.
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