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 Ofwat write by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts. This book was released on 2007-05-10. Ofwat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is the economic regulator of water services in England and Wales, with responsibility for setting price limits that allow the 22 main water companies to secure sustainable supplies at the lowest cost to the consumer. Following on from a NAO report (HCP 150, session 2006-07; ISBN 9780102944181) published in January 2007, the Committee's report finds that Ofwat needs to make changes to its regulatory system, in particular on water efficiency, data quality, and enforcement, given the increasing challenges to water supplies due to low rainfall and predictions of housing growth. Ofwat does not understand clearly how consumers use water and has not collected enough robust evidence on which water efficiency projects are most effective in helping consumers to use less water. Despite some progress, Ofwat still depends on unreliable data with regard to both supply and demand, and also needs much better data on per capita consumption. It has had some success in encouraging sustainable investment by companies, but needs to be more active in using sanctions against companies that under-perform against their commitments to meet all reasonable demands for water, while limiting environmental impacts. Ofwat should press companies to encourage more consumers to use meters by, for example, promoting the benefits of metering to consumers as well as routinely installing meters when there is a change of building occupancy.
Ofwat - meeting the demand for water
Ofwat - meeting the demand for 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 Ofwat - meeting the demand for water write by Great Britain: National Audit Office. This book was released on 2007-01-19. Ofwat - meeting the demand for water available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is the economic regulator of the supply and demand for water in England and Wales. Its broad purpose is to regulate in a way that enables companies to secure sustainable supplies at the lowest cost to the consumer. To achieve this it aims to collect relevant and reliable information to underpin its regulatory decisions, provide incentives for water companies to meet future demands and take appropriate enforcement action if companies do not respond to Ofwat's incentives. This NAO report finds that Ofwat has secured better data on the amount of water leaking from water companies' systems, but calculations of leakage still depend on estimates of consumption, and there is a lack of reliable evidence regarding the results of water efficiency projects that seek to help consumers waste less water. Recommendations include that Ofwat should: assess companies' progress on water efficiency on the basis of the quality of the project, its costs, and the water it saves, as well as the number of consumers reached; and build on its current approach and press for a long term and sustainable approach to leakage management.
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 2009-07-24. Ofwat price review 2009 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A report in which the Committee calls on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (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.
Defra's Social and Environmental Guidance to Ofwat
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
The work of the Office of Fair Trading
The work of the Office of Fair Trading - 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 The work of the Office of Fair Trading write by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Trade and Industry Committee. This book was released on 2007-10-24. The work of the Office of Fair Trading available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Committee's report examines the work of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) as part of a programme of short inquiries into the non-departmental public bodies associated with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTI). A NAO report (HCP 593, session 2005-06; ISBN 0102936161) published in November 2005 highlighted three key areas of concern about the OFT and its approach to its work, focusing on making best use of its resources; improving the management of investigations; and improving the measurement of its achievements and the communication of its work. The Committee commends the OFT for its positive response to address these concerns, and although it is too soon to make a balanced assessment of the results, they are encouraged by the evidence of progress so far. The report also examines issues relating to staffing constraints, the merger referral threshold, the OFT's role in voluntary industry codes of practice, and the OFT's Consumer Direct telephone service.
