Yesterday Environmental Agency report, concluded water companies tipped sewage into rivers and coastal waters for a record 3.6mn hours last year.
Moreover, of those outlets where spills happened more than 30 times in 2024, less than half were subject of maintenance & repair during the year.
The best performing firm was United Utilities that reduced its annual spillages by over 30% last year; the worst: Anglian, whose rose by her 60%, while Thames Water's rose by 50%!
#politics #water
h/t FT
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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