THE water industry’s new “super regulator” must retain specialist jobs needed to hold sewage-spewing utility firms to account, Unison has warned.The government is creating a single body from Ofwat, the Environment Agency, Natural England, and the Drinking Water Inspectorate as part of the planned Water Reform Bill.Unison raised concerns that environmental protections could be weakened if some regulatory functions are “hived off to other bodies outside the scope of the new watchdog.”

THE water industry’s new “super regulator” must retain specialist jobs needed to hold sewage-spewing utility firms to account, Unison has warned.

The government is creating a single body from Ofwat, the Environment Agency, Natural England, and the Drinking Water Inspectorate as part of the planned Water Reform Bill.

Unison raised concerns that environmental protections could be weakened if some regulatory functions are “hived off to other bodies outside the scope of the new watchdog.”

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