Ali Morse, Water Policy Manager, looks at the UK Government’s Water White Paper and where it might lead us in terms of water companies, the environment and more.

In its final report published last summer, UK Government’s Independent Water Commission set out a series of 88 wide-ranging recommendations aimed at reshaping the water sector and our management of the water environment more generally. Having initially accepted five of the Commission’s recommendations, Government said a fuller response would come in the form of a Water White Paper.

The White Water Paper sets out their plan to implement the Commission’s recommendations

Last week, Government published that White Paper, setting out how they plan to implement those five recommendations, and others, as part of a ‘once-in-a-generation plan to transform the water system for good’.