The cross-industry Water Saving Group (WSG) will operate for another year, following an announcement from environment minister, Phil Woolas.

Over the last two years the WSG has helped drive numerous water efficiency measures that aim to reduce the current levels of consumption per household in the UK. In this next year it will develop proposals for mandatory water efficiency targets and complete and review twenty large scale water efficiency projects. Further work will also be carried out on standards for rainwater harvesting, grey water and raw water reuse, as well as investigating options for improving water efficiency in existing buildings.

Barbara Young, chief executive of the Environment Agency, said: “We are pleased that the group has supported the need for houses in water-stressed areas to be metered. We hope that water companies will now make rapid progress on metering.”

The WSG members include Ofwat, the Environment Agency, the Consumer Council for Water, Defra, Water UK, Communities and Local Government and Waterwise.

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