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The Water Industry Regulation Transformation Programme was launched in 2023. It sets out measures to transform the way we regulate the water industry to uncover non-compliance and drive better performance. We have already completed the first tranche of recruitment of Environment Officers into new teams, and developed systems that improve the way we process data into regulatory intelligence.
For example, we have already delivered around 1500 inspections for the first 2 quarters of 2024/25 compared to the last year (2023/24) whole year total of 1382. We are well on track for meeting the target number of 4000 inspections by the end of March 2025 as new staff are recruited and trained.
World water tech innovation summit speech
'For society, a burst pipe flooding a street, a hosepipe ban, sewage on a beach, bring water in all its complexity into the public and political spheres.' Read the Environment Agency's Director of Water's speech from the Summit on learning.
Increasing capacity and improving capability
The water industry is underperforming, and it needs to change. We know that people want and deserve more for their water environment. We are meeting this challenge head on. What do we want to achieve?
Enforcement activity
The Environment Agency is responsible for enforcing laws that protect the environment. We aim to use our enforcement powers efficiently and effectively to secure compliance, contributing to our work to create better places for people and wildlife, and to support sustainable development.
Thank you for visiting our new water hub. This is a pilot service. We acknowledge not everything is covered here yet, this is a new offering which will grow over the coming months.
The Water Industry Regulation Transformation Programme was launched in 2023. It sets out measures to transform the way we regulate the water industry to uncover non-compliance and drive better performance. We have already completed the first tranche of recruitment of Environment Officers into new teams, and developed systems that improve the way we process data into regulatory intelligence.
For example, we have already delivered around 1500 inspections for the first 2 quarters of 2024/25 compared to the last year (2023/24) whole year total of 1382. We are well on track for meeting the target number of 4000 inspections by the end of March 2025 as new staff are recruited and trained.
World water tech innovation summit speech
'For society, a burst pipe flooding a street, a hosepipe ban, sewage on a beach, bring water in all its complexity into the public and political spheres.' Read the Environment Agency's Director of Water's speech from the Summit on learning.
Increasing capacity and improving capability
The water industry is underperforming, and it needs to change. We know that people want and deserve more for their water environment. We are meeting this challenge head on. What do we want to achieve?
Enforcement activity
The Environment Agency is responsible for enforcing laws that protect the environment. We aim to use our enforcement powers efficiently and effectively to secure compliance, contributing to our work to create better places for people and wildlife, and to support sustainable development.
Thank you for visiting our new water hub. This is a pilot service. We acknowledge not everything is covered here yet, this is a new offering which will grow over the coming months.
