Personal water consumption target promised for spring

Water minister, Rebecca Pow, has said Defra is committed to publishing the government response to its 2019 consultation on a personal water consumption target this spring.

Responding to a Parliamentary question from shadow foreign and commonwealth minister, Catherine West, Pow (pictured) said: “Good progress has been made in water efficiency policy development. Some of our work was paused last winter, to support work on Covid-19. Our efficiency work now continues at pace and we are committed to publishing the Government response this spring, which sets out our ambition and a package of policies to reduce household water consumption.”