4. The sums
The National Audit Office - the cumulative cost of
water pollution to be between £700 million and
£1.3 billion a year in England and Wales
Water UK - potential for £26 billion for priority
substances in the WFD
Ofwat supported £5.3 billion for wastewater and
environmental schemes in AMP5
£460 million to deal with diffuse pollution at
water treatment works in AMP 5
Ofwat supported £52 million for catchment
management capex ( just over half for moorland
restoration)
Water today, water tomorrow
5. Why is it catching on?
Low cost sustainable solutions for water companies
Pollution controls at source
Polluter pays-Beneficiary pays-Provider gets
Climate change-water quality/quantity
WFD-no deterioration and DWPAs
Sustainable abstraction
Moorland erosion
Water today, water tomorrow
6. The evidence and delivery gaps
Prioritisation, co-ordination
and alignment
Pilot
catchments
Pilot
catchments
CFE Uncertainty
Defra CFE
EA
climate change
Water
timescales
companies
Water
companies
Rivers
Trusts
Rivers
NE Trusts
NE Emerging benefits ?
consultants
consultants
RSPB
RSPB Unfairly applied
and costly mitigation
Pollutant pathways measures ?
Modelling
Research Land practices
Biodiversity
Water today, water tomorrow
7. The evidence and delivery gaps
Water management portal?
scale up?
pollution sources and pathways
Research
Company initiatives emerging benefits/local successes
Partnerships good practice
International lessons
Customers?
stakeholders
Water today, water tomorrow
8. The evidence and delivery gaps
baseline of good practice/stewardship
key stakeholder priorities with timely deliveries
widen partnership successes
examples of sector accountability
balance of regulation/voluntary/incentives
Water today, water tomorrow
9. Moorland restoration
rate and impact of colour attenuation
reduced opex, deferred capex- quantify
projections-pessimistic?
reduced GHG emissions
long term voluntary agreements/ short term compensation
multi benefits and customer value
Water today, water tomorrow
10. Next Price Review
Ofwat is
engaging and
listening
AMP 5 progress
partnership funding
economic justification (framework)
customer support
outcome, risk based thinking
Water today, water tomorrow
11. Quantifiable, sustainable, cost beneficial,
emerging benefits, reflective of a changing climate,
that are community owned
Water today, water tomorrow
