Government Minister Announces New Water Policy in Putney
Steve Reed outlines plans at the Thames Rowing Clubhttps://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=constevereedtrc001.htm"... The Bill increases the ability of the Environment Agency to bring forward criminal charges against water executives. It will create new tougher penalties, including imprisonment, for water executives when companies fail to co-operate or obstruct investigations.The new legislation will also ban the payment of bonuses to water bosses if they fail to meet high standards to protect the environment, their consumers and their company’s finances.Other measures in the Bill include automatic fines for a range of offences, including allowing regulators to issue penalties more quickly, without having to direct resources to lengthy investigations. It will also introduce independent monitoring of every sewage outlet, with water companies required to publish real-time data for all emergency overflows. Discharges will have to be reported within an hour of the initial spill. ...."I keep my fingers crossed that it really materializes!
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