Defra's Social and Environmental Guidance to Ofwat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Defra's Social and Environmental Guidance to Ofwat write by Great Britain: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. This book was released on 2013-03-07. Defra's Social and Environmental Guidance to Ofwat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the second edition of Defra's social and environmental guidance to Ofwat. Its purpose is to provide Ofwat with a steer on the key environmental and social policies to which the Government expects it to contribute in carrying out its role as the independent economic regulator of the water industry. It should be read in conjunction with the Strategic policy statement [appended]. Ofwat is required to have regard to this Guidance when discharging its statutory functions. The Guidance covers Ofwat's work in relation to water and sewerage undertakers and licensed water suppliers who operate wholly or mainly in England
Regulating Water and Sanitation for the Poor
Regulating Water and Sanitation for the Poor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Regulating Water and Sanitation for the Poor write by Richard Franceys. This book was released on 2012-05-04. Regulating Water and Sanitation for the Poor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The aim of this book is to present the potential benefits as well as the challenges of introducing a more formal economic regulatory process into the urban water sector arena in lower-income countries. There is a particular focus upon the impact this may have on the poorest, the informal, slum and shanty dwellers of the rapidly growing cities. Economic regulation, usually introduced in the context of private operation of monopoly water supply, can deliver objectivity and transparency in the price-setting process for public as well as private providers. The book describes and analyses these issues through a consideration of ten country case studies. As a starting point, the current situation for the provision of water and sanitation services for the poorest through non-regulated public providers in India and Uganda is reviewed. Comparative chapters are then presented on Ghana, Philippines, Bolivia, Jordan, Zambia and Indonesia, all with varying degrees of private sector involvement and regulation. Finally the experiences of two richer countries are considered - Chile and England, countries with the longest experience of economic regulation and the 'most privatized' suppliers. In all cases there is a focus on the very necessary role of customer involvement in price-setting and service monitoring and on the role of alternative (private) service providers.
Future water
Future water - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Future water write by Great Britain. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. This book was released on 2008-02-07. Future water available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This Command Paper (Cm.7319, ISBN 97801017311928), sets out the Government's plans for the future water strategy for England. It provides practical steps that ensure that good clean water is available for people. It also looks ahead to 2030, describing the water supply system the Government wishes to see. Divided into 10 chapters, it covers the following topics: Chapter 1: Future water, looking at water, housing and climate change; Chapter 2: Water demand, covering future supply and pressures and household behaviour; Chapter 3: Water supply, including resources today, and a vision for the future: Chapter 4: Water quality in the natural environment; Chapter 5: Surface water drainage; Chapter 6: River and coastal flooding; Chapter 7: Greenhouse gas emissions: Chapter 8: Charging for water; Chapter 9: Regulatory framework, competition and innovation; Chapter 10: Summary of vision and actions.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Sites of Special Scientific Interest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sites of Special Scientific Interest write by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee. This book was released on 2009-07-29. Sites of Special Scientific Interest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sites of Special Scientific Interest : Tenth report of session 2008-09, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written Evidence
Ofwat price review 2009
Ofwat price review 2009 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ofwat price review 2009 write by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. This book was released on 2009-07-22. Ofwat price review 2009 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Committee calls on Defra to review Ofwat's entire remit so that the regulatory regime will keep pace with the changes set to follow from greater competition and the challenge posed by scarcer water resources. On the matter of surface water drainage, Ofwat should have intervened to ensure a more measured set price increases for this service were levied on sports clubs, churches and voluntary organisations by water companies in recent months. Ofwat and the Government should explore how the costs of highway drainage - currently born by water customers - could be shared with local taxpayers who benefit from the service. Uncertainties created by the Cave and Walker reviews (both of which reported during the current Price Review) along with changes to the regulatory regime proposed in the draft Flood and Water Management Bill may have hampered the ability of water companies to raise money on the capital markets in a manner likely to push up customer bills. Warning of water scarcity in the South and East of England, the Committee calls for the creation of a 'water efficiency obligation' to ensure the regulatory regime emphasises the need to preserve resources and to rewards customers who install efficiency measures. Other recommendations are made on the uneven regional impacts of investment in water infrastructure, the impacts of climate change, and the issue of transparency, from the price review process itself to how well Ofwat currently requires companies to demonstrate they undertake effective consultation with consumers during business planning.
