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
#ToryLegacy #OfWat #ShittyOldEngland

'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
#ToryLegacy #ShittyOldEngland

'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/
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ThatchersLegacy #ShittyOldEngland #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#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
#ShittyOldEngland

#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
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #ProfitBeforeEnvironment #ProfitBeforePeople #DirtyParty #SewageScanda #ShittyOldEngland

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
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Pollution #Environment #ProfitsBeforePeople #DirtyParty #England #ShittyOldEngland

#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
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryPollutionParty #ShittyOldEngland

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
#ProfitBeforePeople #England #ShittyOldEngland

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