Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Prohibit hosepipe bans and impose new levies and oversight on water companies
Closed
32 signatures
What the petition asks
We want the Government to:
- Ban hose pipe bans, with fines and refunds for customers where a ban is imposed
- Introduce an environmental levy for water companies
- Increase oversight of water company infrastructure
- Increase taxes on the profits of water companies
- Ban hose pipe bans, with fines and refunds for customers where a ban is imposed
- Introduce an environmental levy for water companies
- Increase oversight of water company infrastructure
- Increase taxes on the profits of water companies
Water companies:
- don’t adequately build and maintain the infrastructure needed
- pump waste into our seas and rivers
- make money through house build developments
We believe at present water companies make too much money, and make irresponsible and poor choices that harm people's lives. We want the Government to implement the above reforms to improve things for the public.
- don’t adequately build and maintain the infrastructure needed
- pump waste into our seas and rivers
- make money through house build developments
We believe at present water companies make too much money, and make irresponsible and poor choices that harm people's lives. We want the Government to implement the above reforms to improve things for the public.
Timeline
| 26 Jun 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Dec 2023 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
32
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
26 Jun 2023
Closed
26 Dec 2023
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.