ECA Water technology List

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This web site has been produced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and HM Revenue and Customs, to provide information about the Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme for Water Technologies.

The Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme enables businesses to claim 100% first year capital allowances on investments in technologies and products that encourage sustainable water use. Businesses are now able to write off the whole cost of their investment against their taxable profits of the period during which they make the investment.

Enhanced Capital Allowances will encourage businesses to invest in water saving technologies.

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About the ECA scheme

The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, in his March 2001 Budget Report, announced support for business investment in environmentally friendly technologies under the Green Technology Challenge. This allowed for the introduction of a 100% first year Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme on...

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Case study material

We recently contacted WTL manufacturers and suppliers about the development of case study material for the technology categories covered by the Water Technology List. This will be used in the marketing of the WTL and also to provide examples for Defra to assess and evaluate the WTL.

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