79 Drainage and sewerage management plans
Environment Act 2021 (2021 c 30) | Legislation

79  Drainage and sewerage management plans

In the Water Industry Act 1991, after section 94 insert—

“94A Drainage and sewerage management plans: preparation and review

(1)     Each sewerage undertaker must prepare, publish and maintain a drainage and sewerage management plan.

(2)     A drainage and sewerage management plan is a plan for how the sewerage undertaker will manage and develop its drainage system and sewerage system so as to be able, and continue to be able, to meet its obligations under this Part.

(3)     A drainage and sewerage management plan must address in particular—

(a)     the capacity of the undertaker's drainage system and sewerage system,

(b)     an assessment of the current and future demands on the undertaker's drainage system and sewerage system,

(c)     the resilience of the undertaker's drainage system and sewerage system,

(d)     the measures the undertaker intends to take or continue for the purpose in subsection (2),

(e)     the likely sequence and timing for implementing those measures,

(f)     relevant environmental risks and how those risks are to be mitigated, and

(g)     any other matters specified by the Minister in directions.

(4)     Section 94C contains provision about the preparation and publication of a drainage and sewerage management plan (including

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