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Summary of Water Sector Environmental Incentives
2025-2026 Charging Period
All English water companies now offer environmental incentive payments for developers to build homes that consume less water than that required by building regulations. Unfortunately, uptake has been low and awareness among key stakeholders like local authorities is minimal.
This new report from EWSC is an attempt to simplify the environmental incentive offering across the sector, by compiling all the environmental incentive offerings into this single document in a table format as well as providing a two-page summary of each, which follows a common structure.
We hope the combination of these resources will encourage developers to see water reuse as a viable option when constructing new homes across the UK.
Please note that water companies update their charges annually and therefore the environmental incentive offerings are subject to change each financial year.