Regulation for a Sustainable Water Industry
9th December 2010 — 09:00 to 16:00
Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Seizing the Opportunity for Effective Reform
The UK Coalition Government has committed to prepare a Water White Paper in 2011 ‘on reform of the water industry to ensure more efficient use of water and to protect poorer households’. At the same time Ofwat are engaging positively in an open review of the way the industry is regulated. This coincidence of initiatives represents a generational opportunity to reform the industry in light of future challenges. The aim of this conference is to discuss how a sustainable and resource efficient water industry might be structured and operate.
The aim of this conference will be to debate the wide range of views developing around key themes concerned with how a sustainable and resource efficient water industry might be structured and operate.
Objectives
- To consider governance models for a sustainable water sector, going forward.
- To discuss ‘fit for the future’ forms of financial, economic, social and environmental regulation of the water sector
- To consider the role of competition and market mechanisms in improving resource efficiency
- To examine the potential for water rights reform and flexible licensing
- To provide a platform for a wide range of stakeholders to share their views and knowledge
- To support future policy development in the sector
- To highlight and share examples of best practice from other sectors and other countries
- To highlight CIWEM’s report ‘Regulation for a Sustainable Water Industry – A positive vision for the future water industry in England and Wales’ and use this as a stimulus for debate
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Conference outputs
- Are the benefits of reduced abstraction justifiable and affordable, Mike Pocock, Veolia Water 2010-12-13 12:57:32.868112
- Changing Course: Establishing competition through water trading, Tony Ballance, Severn Trent Water 2010-12-13 12:58:16.723308
- Dealing with affordability, fairness and vulnerability with domestic metering, Tony Smith, Consumer Council for Water 2010-12-13 13:01:07.898607
- Delegate Notes, None 2010-12-13 13:00:08.844056
- Ecosystem services and water industry regulation, Mark Everard, Environment Agency 2010-12-13 13:00:42.002436
- Is retail competition practicable, efficient and beneficial, James Bream, Business Stream 2010-12-13 12:56:51.938471
- Lessons from Australia, Andrew Tucker, Energy Saving Trust 2010-12-13 12:56:49.347208
- Perfect timing? Defra's 2010 review of Ofwat, Mark Hann, Ofwat 2010-12-13 12:57:25.075186
- Regulation for a Sustainable Water Industry Programme, None 2010-10-07 12:07:22.766444
- Regulation for a Sustainable Water Industry Programme, None 2010-10-07 12:07:33.199803
- Regulation for a Sustainable Water Industry Programme, None 2010-10-07 12:10:37.047016
- Regulation - hindrance or underpinning a good quality water environment?, Phil Burston, RSPB 2010-12-13 12:59:10.462097
- Should abstractors pay by volume taken rather than by licensed quantity, Meyrick Gough, Southern Water 2010-12-13 13:00:50.413580
- Smart abstraction licences - a tool for adaptive water management, Rose Timlett, WWF-UK 2010-12-13 12:58:42.583704
- The Drinking Water Inspectorate's view on reform of the water sector, Milo Purcell, DWI 2010-12-13 13:00:39.868080
- The Scope and Purpose of the Water White Paper, Gabrielle Edwards, Defra 2010-12-13 12:56:17.110994
- The Water Companies' view on reform of the water sector, James Bullock, Water UK 2010-12-13 13:00:00.512177
- Water and sewerage market reform, Ian Hopkins, Ofwat 2010-12-13 13:00:07.103548
- What can water rights trading do for England?, Julien Harou, UCL 2010-12-13 12:57:37.302297
- What we need to do to persuade and enable customers to use less water, Victoria Higgins, Waterwise 2010-12-13 12:59:03.574163
- Why and how we should seek to expose abstractors and water users to the marginal values of water?, Simon Less, Policy Exchange 2010-12-13 13:01:26.962009
- Why the water sector in E&W needs more competition and how it should be introduced?, Richard Laikin, PWC 2010-12-13 13:01:18.290803
