Analysis of existing standards for installation and maintenance of river water quality monitoring equipment

Issue: In the Environment Act 2021, Government placed a legal requirement on sewerage undertakers to monitor the water quality impacts of their assets (storm overflows and wastewater treatment works discharges). We are in the process of bringing these duties into force. Without Government requiring some kind of assurance, it is likely that some water companies will install sub-standard monitoring equipment. Naturally this will lead to sub-standard data, which (at best) will lead to a national patchwork of data qual...