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<blockquote data-quote="holwellcourtfarm" data-source="post: 7513620" data-attributes="member: 42914"><p>No. Most old British cities still have large numbers of "combined systems" (where foul and clean drainage water uses the same pipe) and/or CSOs (Combined Sewer Overflows - Chambers where the foul sewer is able to overflow into the clean drainage system if it gets too full). These are slowly being addressed under the AMP process (Asset Management Plans - drainage upgrades to you and me). We are now in AMP 7, the 7th round of these. AMP 6 started in 2015, lasted 5 years and involved spending £15Bn!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually the companies responsible are all private. The limit comes from OFWAT, the regulator. It's they who decide how much the water companies are allowed to add to bills and thus spend on each AMP cycle.</p><p></p><p>It COULD all be done in 10 years but your water bills would quadruple.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to the way the water companies were privatised we have the crazy system where they answer to 2 masters: OFWAT for customer pricing and business planning and the EA / NRW / SEPA / DAERA for water quality.</p><p></p><p>The EA etc. know that massive extra investment is essential but can't force it to happen unless OFWAT agree to the resulting rise in water bills which they refuse to do.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the new OEP (Office for Environmental Protection) created under the new Environment Act, once it's passed, will be able to sort it out. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers :fingers_crossed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="holwellcourtfarm, post: 7513620, member: 42914"] No. Most old British cities still have large numbers of "combined systems" (where foul and clean drainage water uses the same pipe) and/or CSOs (Combined Sewer Overflows - Chambers where the foul sewer is able to overflow into the clean drainage system if it gets too full). These are slowly being addressed under the AMP process (Asset Management Plans - drainage upgrades to you and me). We are now in AMP 7, the 7th round of these. AMP 6 started in 2015, lasted 5 years and involved spending £15Bn! Actually the companies responsible are all private. The limit comes from OFWAT, the regulator. It's they who decide how much the water companies are allowed to add to bills and thus spend on each AMP cycle. It COULD all be done in 10 years but your water bills would quadruple. Thanks to the way the water companies were privatised we have the crazy system where they answer to 2 masters: OFWAT for customer pricing and business planning and the EA / NRW / SEPA / DAERA for water quality. The EA etc. know that massive extra investment is essential but can't force it to happen unless OFWAT agree to the resulting rise in water bills which they refuse to do. Maybe the new OEP (Office for Environmental Protection) created under the new Environment Act, once it's passed, will be able to sort it out. 🤞 [/QUOTE]
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