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Demand that funds for fixing water infrastructure should not come from taxpayers

Submitted on Tuesday 30th May 2023

Rejected on Monday 5th June 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Demand that funds for fixing water infrastructure should not come from taxpayers

Petition Details

Water companies who have polluted our waters with sewage demand that taxpayers pay to fix the problem. Taxpayers money should have been better invested in infrastructure before to stop this problem. As this is entirely the fault of privatised water companies, this should come at their expense only.

Additional Information

Clean water is essential for biodiversity and ecosystems to thrive. Sewage being pumped into waters destroys natural habitats in protected areas across the UK. Why should the taxpayer pay for an issue which has been caused by privatised water companies when they have already invested in preventing this issue? The calamitous management of funds enabling the problem of sewage pollution to grow means they should be fully accountable for its resolution.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Decisions about price controls for water, which include the cost of investment in infrastructure, are a matter for Ofwat, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Under the Water Industry Act 1991, Ofwat has statutory duty to make sure that companies are able to finance the proper carrying out of their functions. In setting price controls Ofwat's aim is to allow for a return on capital that is no more than necessary for an efficiently run company to get the funding they need from capital markets.

You can find out more about Ofwat's price controls here: www.ofwat.gov.uk/households/your-water-company/profits/

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