Ofwat plans to speed up £1.6bn water project pipeline

Water watchdog Ofwat is consulting on proposals to accelerate delivery of investment projects to protect the environment and improve supply.
It wants to bring forward 31 schemes from the latter part of the decade to begin in 2023 or 2024. This will release an extra £500m spending in the 2023-25 period and over £1.6bn by 2030.
Early approval of the schemes will help the English water companies to gear up for a larger investment programme over the coming years and will help deliver ben