OFWAT final determination

United Kingdom

Latest estimates are that the water industry is to lose more than 9,000 jobs to meet the cost of the final determination of price limits which imposed reductions for customers and a wide-ranging programme of environmental improvements (see Section 5 of this issue and July and October 1999 issues).

This tension between environmental protection, economic development and social issues goes to the heart of sustainable development. Environmental protection and enhancement will have to be paid for - but by whom?

For further information on this issue, please contact Pamela Castle at [email protected] or on (+44) (0)20 7367 3000.