Waterwise Policy Asks of the New Government July 2024
We face a water deficit of at least 4800 million litres per day (Mld) if we want to have a healthy environment, secure water supplies and future growth. Over 50% of this deficit needs to be met by reducing our water demand with at least 1000 Mld relying on new government policy.
Today we set out our top 6 water saving policy priorities for the new government – together they have potential to reduce water use by more than 2000 Mld:
- Deliver the UK mandatory water efficiency label making it easy for people and businesses to choose more water efficient products
- Urgently increase water saving ambition in Building Regulations for new development
- Support the planned smart water meter roll-out in England
- Update the Energy Performance Certificate to include water efficiency
- Require very high water using businesses to report on their efforts to reduce water use
- Require all buildings to be fitted with leak detection
