OEP Concludes Investigation Into Regulation of Combined Sewer Overflows - Water Magazine

OEP Statement on Storm Sewage Pollution

As the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) ends its work on the WildFish sewage complaint – concluding that a 1994 law to prevent sewage pollution was not implemented properly or lawfully, allowing water companies to pollute English rivers for years – Sir John Cunliffe’s Water Review, published two days ago, now proposes ‘reviewing’ that very same law on sewage pollution. Following a referral by WildFish, the OEP decided last December that…

OEP concludes investigation into regulation of combined sewer overflows - Water Magazine

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) is to conclude its investigation into the regulation of combined sewer overflows after securing significant progress in tackling the issues it has raised. Through its investigation the OEP found that there have been failures to comply with environmental law by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency (EA) and Ofwat relating to the regulation of network CS…