{"id":54956,"date":"2025-01-29T11:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=54956"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:02:29","slug":"uk-water-companies-pledge-to-clean-up-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/uk-water-companies-pledge-to-clean-up-the-environment\/54956\/","title":{"rendered":"UK water companies pledge to clean up the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Environment Agency, working closely with Natural England, has secured the largest-ever commitment from UK water companies to clean up the environment and invest in new infrastructure since privatisation.<\/h2>\n

The Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) sets out over 24,000 actions UK water companies must take over the next five years<\/a> to meet their legal requirements for the environment.<\/p>\n

This series of targeted interventions represents a \u00a322.1bn investment in the environment \u2013 four times more than was secured in the last Price Review\u202fand will deliver tangible benefits for our water system and customers.<\/p>\n

As part of the PR24 process, the Environment Agency assessed actions proposed by UK water companies and, alongside\u202fOfwat and Natural England, provided technical guidance to make sure these actions will provide direct solutions to environmental pressures and help drive nature recovery.<\/p>\n

David Henderson, Chief Executive of Water UK, stated: \u201cThis programme will be the largest amount of money ever spent on the natural environment. It will help to support economic growth, build more homes, secure our water supplies<\/a> and end sewage entering our rivers and seas.\u201d<\/p>\n

UK water companies will boost biodiversity with new projects<\/h3>\n

The agreed actions will lead to improvements in water infrastructure to secure future supply, habitats, biodiversity and drinking water quality.<\/p>\n

For example, the UK water companies have submitted plans to establish trials to remove nitrate, restore nationally important chalk streams, and install bespoke biosecurity measures to remove invasive species.<\/p>\n

Further goals set out under WINEP include:<\/p>\n