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Top-rated UK [#England] #WaterFirms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’
Exclusive: #UnitedUtilities and #SevernTrent had four-star environment ranking but discharges breached permits, campaign group says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/13/top-rated-uk-water-firms-dumped-1374-spills-into-rivers
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'Every #WaterFirm in #England and #Wales under investigation over #sewage spills
#Ofwat opens cases against #SevernTrent and three others, days after they faced criticism over huge bill rises
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/16/water-suppliers-england-wales-investigated-sewage-severn-trent-bill-rises
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'Huge rise in #sewage discharges into #Lewes #rivers and the sea' | The Argus
'Sewage discharges into #waterways soared by 87 per cent in a year, according to new data.'
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24328134.huge-rise-sewage-discharges-lewes-rivers-sea/
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#NorthumbrianWater told to publish #RawSewage discharge data it tried to hide
Appeal tribunal orders firm to share details on hundreds of thousands of tonnes of outflows into #NorthSea
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/03/northumbrian-water-told-publish-raw-sewage-discharge-data
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #SewageScandal #Pollution #PublicHealth #DirtyParty
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#Salford residents and visitors bemoan contaminated river -
‘Would you swim in that?’: Salford residents and visitors bemoan contaminated river
People who live and work near most #sewage-infested #waterway in #England despair of any imminent change
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/30/would-you-swim-in-that-salford-locals-bemoan-contaminated-river
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Regulators urged to act over #WaterCompanies’ record #sewage discharge
Government asked to put ‘people and planet before profits’ as analysis shows potential #illegal discharging of raw sewage
How polluted is your local #river and which regions are worst hit?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/27/environmental-groups-urge-regulator-to-act-over-record-sewage-discharge
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Ella Baron on record #sewage discharges by #England’s #waterCompanies – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/mar/27/ella-baron-on-record-sewage-discharges-by-englands-water-companies-cartoon
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#England to diverge from #EU #WaterMonitoringStandards
Campaigners fear less rigorous methods could lead to more #pollution in #rivers and waterways
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/27/england-to-diverge-from-eu-water-monitoring-standards
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Watchdog berates #ThamesWater and #SouthernWater over level of #complaints
Two #utilities deemed ‘standout poor performers’ with so many complaints it skews industry’s overall performance
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/05/watchdog-berates-thames-water-and-southern-water-over-level-of-complaints
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PrivatisedWaterCompanies
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Fifty-seven swimmers fall sick and get diarrhoea at #WorldTriathlonChampionship in #Sunderland
Athletes competing on stretch of #UK coastline where reduced #WaterQuality at centre of dispute over #sewage discharges
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/05/investigation-after-57-world-triathlon-championship-swimmers-fall-sick-and-get-diarrhoea-in-sunderland-race
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Pollution #ToryPollutionParty #SewageScandal #ShittyOldEngland -
Mounting debts and public anger could finally sink #UK #WaterCompanies
Firms have loaded up debt to pay #dividends and been fined millions for dumping raw #sewage into #rivers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/28/mounting-debts-and-public-anger-could-finally-sink-uk-water-companies
#PrivateProfitPublicCost #Privatisation #ToryPoliciesInAction #SewageScandal #pollution #CutTheCrap #England #ShittyOldEngland #Environment #Sustainabity -
Contingency plans reportedly being drawn up for #ThamesWater collapse
#UK government and #Ofwat holding discussions amid fears firm cannot survive because of its huge debt pile
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/28/contingency-plans-reportedly-being-drawn-up-for-thames-water-collapse
#ToryPoliciesInAction #PrivateProfitPublicCost
#Privatisation #SewageScandal [Borrowed to pay shareholders?] #England #ShittyOldEngland -
CW: Sewage
Stop #WaterCompanies dumping #Sewage in [#England's] #rivers and coastal waters
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-dumping-sewage/?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Update_2078,%203020]%20on%20Stop%20water%20companies%20dumping%20sewage%20in%20our%20rivers%20and%20coastal%20waters%20(June%2015,%202023)&utm_medium=email
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What’s that floating next to the Little Mermaid? – the Stephen Collins cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2023/jun/02/whats-that-floating-next-to-the-little-mermaid-the-stephen-collins-cartoon #ToryPollutionParty #ToryPoliciesInAction #ShittyOldEngland #Pollution #Environment #Sewage #SewageScandal
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CW: UK Pol Tory Policies in Action Pollution England
#RiverWye health status downgraded by Natural #England after wildlife review
River’s condition said to be declining as #Wildlife Trusts calls for action from government on #farming #pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/30/river-wye-has-health-status-downgraded-by-natural-england-after-wildlife-assessment
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryPollutionParty
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[Just] 30 water treatment works released 11bn litres of raw #sewage in a year, [in #England and #Wales] study suggests - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/27/30-water-treatment-works-11bn-litres-raw-sewage-a-year #ShittyOldEngland #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryPollutionParty
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#English water companies offer apology and £10bn investment for #sewage spills - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/18/uk-water-companies-offer-apology-and-10bn-investment-for-sewage-spills #TooLittleTooLate #SewageScandal #ShittyOldEngland
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'#Ecoli levels in #Suffolk river in #ThérèseCoffey constituency far above legal limits, data shows
As #Environment secretary visits water treatment works on Deben, Anglian Water data reveals E coli levels exceed bathing water status'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/28/e-coli-levels-suffolk-river-therese-coffey-constituency-far-above-legal-limits-data-shows
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryPollutionParty #Sewage #England #ShittyOldEngland #Health -
CW: UK Pol Tory Policies in Action Sewage
Thérèse Coffey accused of ‘throwing in the towel’ over #sewage scandal -
#ThérèseCoffey has admitted she cannot end the #SewageScandal, in what critics are calling a “complete abdication of duty”. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/04/therese-coffey-accused-of-throwing-in-the-towel-over-sewage-scandal
#ToryCorruption #ToryPollutionParty
#ToryIncompetence #ToryPoliciesInAction #England #ShittyOldEngland -
#England’s top beaches faced 8,500 hours of #sewage dumping last year, study says - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/03/englands-top-beaches-faced-8500-hours-of-sewage-dumping-last-year-study-says #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryCorruption
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#Water firms in #England to face tougher fines under ‘make polluters pay’ plan - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/01/water-companies-england-fines-penalties-environment-agency-defra
#Sewage #ShittyOldEngland #TooLittleTooLate #ToryIncompetence -
#Sewage entered rivers and seas [in England]on average 825 tim#es a day last year - BBC News - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65099906.amp#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16803163656050&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
#ShittyOldEngland