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Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows to be made law | |
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2021-03-29 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | New legal duties on water companies and government will reduce sewage discharged into waterways. Measures to reduce sewage discharges from storm overflows will be put into law, the government confirmed today (Monday 29 March), as part of an ambitious agenda to build back greener from the pandemic. During wet weather, storm overflows act to prevent sewers becoming overloaded with a combination of sewage and rain and release diluted wastewater into rivers. However, their use has increased in recent years as climate change has led to greater rainfall and water infrastructure has not kept pace with population growth. Reducing the reliance of water companies on storm overflows is important to help cut pollution in waterways, and earlier this year the Government announced it was working with Philip Dunne MP on shared ambitions to tackle high levels of sewage in our rivers, following the introduction of his Private Member’s Bill in 2020. This ambition has now been turned into action, with the government confirming that a number of key policies will be made law. This will create three key duties to oversee some of the changes needed to improve our water environment:
This builds on the work already underway by the Storm Overflows Taskforce, set up in September 2020 to bring together government, the water industry, regulators and environmental NGOs to accelerate progress in this area. Through the Taskforce, water companies have committed to increase the number of overflows they will improve over the next five years. This means a further 800 overflows will be investigated and nearly 800 improved between 2020 and 2025. The government expects to consult on potential options for ways to eliminate harm from storm overflows to take forward later this year. Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said:
Philip Dunne, MP for Ludlow and Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, said:
Chair of the Environment Agency Emma Howard Boyd said:
While today’s announcement sees the government take a leading role in driving forward the action needed to enhance the health of our rivers, the work of the Taskforce so far has also highlighted the importance of close collaboration - across government, industry, businesses and the public at large - to eliminate harm from storm overflows given the scale of the challenge and the time it will take to achieve. Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of The Rivers Trust, said:
Published 29 March 2021
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来源平台 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/320548 |
专题 | 气候变化 资源环境科学 |
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