Water firms spewed sewage into bathing waters 5,517 times last year
One in six days were ‘unswimmable’ due to sewage pollution during the bathing season.
Tag: Sewage
Government sewage amendment stinks, campaigners say
MPs will debate a government amendment to the environment bill on Monday evening.
Minister claims Tories can’t afford to stop dumping sewage in rivers
Meanwhile, shareholders of water companies have been paid nearly £60 billion since privatisation.
English water firms have handed £57 billion to shareholders in the 30 years after privatisation
By contrast, Scottish Water - which is publicly owned - has invested nearly 35 per cent more per household in infrastructure than the privatised English firms, charging 14 per cent less and not paying out dividends.
Diners poisoned by sewage at Whitstable oyster festival
"We are one of the most developed countries in the world — why are we still in a position where we’ve got pretty poor water quality compared to the rest of Europe?”
‘And that’s the power of Twitter’: Ministers’ U-turn over legal controls against dumping raw sewage into waterways
The change follows a public outcry after the Government instructed Tory MPs to vote down similar proposals last week.
Here’s every Tory who voted against stopping sewage dumping in rivers
The House of Lords amendment sought to prevent companies discharging raw sewage in rivers. It was rejected.