When the UK and Welsh governments announced their plans, they stated that the new Independent Water Commission will conduct the “largest review of the sector since privatization.”
Protesters have cautioned against making compromises between luring in investment, ensuring that bills are low, and preserving the environment.
It coincides with considerable indignation about water company bonuses, sewage-polluted streams, and persistent failures to construct new infrastructure, such as sewers and reservoirs.
One of the public regulators, Ofwat, has looked into the mismanagement of the networks of all 11 wastewater firms in England and Wales this year.
However, the commission will also look into ways to reform the regulators themselves because of worries that they are underfunded, unresponsive, and have allowed private companies to profit despite pollution records.
It might even think about restructuring the Environment Agency and doing away with Ofwat.
In order to address some of these issues, the regulator and water companies will decide how much to raise fees in December. On Tuesday, water companies requested an even higher bill rise than anticipated.
“We urgently need to fix our water system because our waterways are polluted,” stated Environment Secretary Steve Reed.
