Householders could also be advised to gather rainwater and recycle their soiled water, as suppliers proceed to lose hundreds of thousands of litres to leaks day by day.

The Department for the Environment is methods to advertise utilizing “greywater” from sinks, showers, baths or washing machines, which can be utilized to flush bogs.

Options embody updating constructing rules to make sure newly constructed properties embody recycling methods, in a bid to make sure households use not more than 105 litres per particular person per day.

Environment ministers are in talks with the Department for Levelling Up, which oversees housing, concerning the proposals.

The plan was backed by Tory Robert Goodwill, chairman of the Commons Environment Committee, who mentioned that sewage crops might be overwhelmed in heavy rain.

He mentioned: “We should do more to encourage homeowners to harvest greywater, which can buffer the effects of heavy rain.”

Other concepts into consideration embody encouraging households to gather rainwater and introducing minimal product requirements for bogs with tighter limits on the water they use.

Around a fifth of water operating by means of pipes is misplaced to leaks, mentioned regulator Ofwat. This quantities to three,000 million litres day by day, the equal of 1,200 Olympic-sized swimming swimming pools.

Water corporations need to enhance family payments by as much as 40 %. They declare that is to pay for plugging leaks and chopping the quantity of sewage dumped into rivers and coastlines.

Polling by Omnisis for the Sunday Express has revealed public anxiousness about prices – and anger at bosses’ excessive pay.

Nearly eight out of 10 (78 %) respondents mentioned they had been frightened about how far more they might must pay.

And eight out of 10 mentioned water bosses are paid an excessive amount of.

Chiefs of 11 water corporations raked in £13.5million in wage and advantages final 12 months. Highest paid was United Utilities’ Steve Mog­­ford, who bought £2.9million in a single 12 months, and left his function in March.

There is sustained uncertaint round Thames Water which is combating curiosity funds on its £14billion debt.