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English mayors asked to form eight councils with a say on rivers and water

By Anthony at GridteamAI

The Minister for Water and Flooding told Parliament on 10 November that the Environment Secretary has asked mayors, and council leaders where there is no mayor, to set up eight regional water councils in England, one for each river basin district. The councils will bring local leaders, businesses, farmers, environmental groups, infrastructure providers and community representatives together to shape water planning, which the minister linked to cleaner rivers and coastlines. The government will give them £1 million this year, and a Water Bill due next year will set out more detail.

Our readWater companies and their contractors will be dealing with these councils before the Water Bill fixes their formal role, so it is worth getting to know each one early.
Read the announcement at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs →

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