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UK R EGULATORY STRUCTUR E
ENGLAND AND WALES
Water Service Provider 10 water service
companies and 12
water-only companies Privately owned Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is
managed by GlasCymru
which has no shareholders
Economic Regulator Ofwat (The Water
Services Regulation
Authority) Non-ministerial
government department www.ofwat.gov.uk
Environmental Regulator The Environment Agency
Dwr Cymru Non-departmental
public body www.environment-
agency.gov.uk
Welsh Water is regulated
by National Resources
Wales
www.naturalresources.
wales
Water Quality Regulator DWI (The Drinking
Water Inspectorate) Defra and The National
Assembly for Wales
www.dwi.gov.uk
Current Asset
Management Cycle AMP6 2015-2020 Water Service Provider Scottish Water Publicly owned company Economic Regulator WICS (Water Industry
Non-departmental
Commission for Scotland) public body www.watercommissioner.
co.uk
Environmental Regulator SEPA
(Scottish Environment
Protection Agency) Non-departmental
public body of the
Scottish Government www.sepa.org.uk
Water Quality Regulator dwqr
Drinking Water Quality
Regulator for Scotland Independent Regulator
appointed by Scottish
Ministers http://dwqr.scot
Current Asset
Management Cycle SR15 2015-2021
SCOTLAND
www.scottishwater.co.uk
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